Even though the convergence of regional per capita income has been a highly debated issue internationally, empirical evidence regarding Turkey is limited as well as contradictory. This article is an attempt to investigate regional income inequality and the convergence dynamics in Turkey for the...

This paper investigates the determinants of provincial terrorism in Turkey taking spatial dimension into account for the time period 1990--2006. Following a traditional global regression analysis, spatial variations in the relationships are examined with geographically weighted regression (GWR)...

It is often assumed that there is trade-off between defence spending and spending on education and health, even though the empirical literature suggests mixed evidence about its nature. This study investigates the possible trade-off between Turkish defence spending and spending on health and...