Bir devlet işletmesi yaratmak: 1923-1945 döneminde, Devlet Demiryolları, nda işletmecilik, teknik eğitim, ve teknoloji transferi

The Anatolian railroad network, which was built and operated by foreign concession holding companies in the Ottoman period, was greatly expanded and fully nationalised during the the first twenty years of the Turkish Republic. Moreover, Turkish railroaders, who had hitherto played insignificant roles in railroading, took over the management of these lines. This thesis deals with this transformation, in an attempt to understand how Turkish railroaders were able to run and expand the railroads. In this vein, it focuses on the creation of the State Railway Corporation, on the development of technical railroad training in Turkey, and on attempts to transfer technology from foreign railroading nations. This thesis argues that these three processes were critical in the birth of state-sector Turkish railroading. Moreover, this thesis examines the Turkish State Railway Corporation, in an effort to show that it was Turkey?s first large-scale modern business corporation.