Ağri province between 1960 and 1980

In Turkey, in order to spread the change accelerating with The Republican period to the whole country, there have been many studies and so many related institutions have been activated. One of the most important institutions of the Republic in the future is certainly the State Planning Organization. With the establishment of the State Planning Organization, it has been tried to ensure that the investments in the country are handled within the framework of a plan so that a regular development move is pursued. Between the years 1960-1980, significant changes have been experienced in the education, health, economical areas and social modernization, but this process could not have been maintained as desired or planned. Between the years 1960-1980, significant changes occurred in the administrative, educational, social and economical areas throughout the country and in the province of Ağrı. Efforts have been made to establish new administrative, educational and health institutions in the province. In the economic field, cooperatives have been established to raise public awareness in the agricultural and livestock sector and credit facilities have been provided for livestock. In order to develop industry and trade, industrial enterprises have been activated during this period. Also the border trade with Iran has begun to revive the economy in the province. In the field of economic activities, agriculture and farming has reved as a locomotive in the development of the province. In this thesis, the social changes between the years of 1960 and 1980 that occurred in the areas of management, education, population, social and economy of Ağrı province are discussed. In order to examine this change in detail, documents related to the censuses, population registers, provincial annuals and reports, national and local newspapers, books written about the province, documents of the State Archives Presidency and the relevant speech texts found in the records of Grand National Assembly of Turkey are used. Keywords: Ağrı Province, Economy, Society, Administration, 1960-1980.