The industrialization dynamics of Kahramanmaraş according to centre ? periphery relations

This thesis is studied to examine the industrialization dynamics of Kahramanmaraş according to centre ? periphery relations. In the work, without taking account of their business scales, all the firms in Kahramanmaraş had been applied for an enquiry which includes the firms? general status, their managing structure, labour state and information about their export data. For this reason, previously prepared enquiries had been given to firm owners to get their answers. Following after analyzing the enquiries, the quality of Kahramanmaraş industry had been examined. As in the content of the provinces with first degree priority for development, Kahramanmaraş has gained its economic and dynamic position with firms? wise usage of government incitements about export and industrialization and also with their correct estimation of opportunities today.As being a country that has been continued its planned development efforts since the foundation of the Republic, Turkey has changed the policy of development from macro view to micro scale because of the globalization fact that has been spread on lately. For this situation, Turkey has decided provinces are the most important factors of development. Therefore, all the works has been changed and plans has been recognised in the view of understanding called ?New Regionalism?.On the other hand, it has always been an interesting research issue about provinces in the process of development whether if they had been developed by their own dynamics or if they had been affected by already developed cities nearby, which their industrialization state is already settled. For this reason, in this study, effects of Gaziantep (city which already has a complete developed industry) on Kahramanmaraş (city which has been in progress of development) in the view of industrialization dynamics has been examined. After analyzing results of the work, it has been decided that Kahramanmaraş has been developed by its own dynamics and it has utilized its sources and incitements in commonly correct way.There are no clues that show bad effects of industrial improvements in Gaziantep on industrial improvements in Kahramanmaraş. On the contrary, some new expansions for the market between the two provinces have been created. Briefly, being located very close to Gaziantep has been very useful for Kahramanmaraş to have a market and to distribute the products. Otherwise, zone research results show that kind of situation have been occurred between the two provinces in the view of centre ? periphery relations, even if both provinces? industries are in the first stage of improvement. However, the results of passenger and cargo transportation and postal services have not revealed that kind of relation occurred yet. Probably, taking incitements for Kahramanmaraş can stop the situation of Gaziantep of being a periphery.