Abstract
The return to democracy in 1983, and the freedom of political protest that followed have caused economic abuse. The democratization and decentralization of political power led to the dominance of populism that the Turkish system was unable to control or to curb. The economic objective has now been diverted from the quest for stable growth and continues to maximize the distribution of annuities, all in an atmosphere of corruption. It is obvious that this system was not sustainable in the long term. Turkey's misfortune is that this system, probably because of the dynamism inherent in the country, has been sustained longer than expected.
