Alpay ErOzyegin University / Istanbul Institute of Design

WDC2014, Cape Town, October 2014

Political Economy of Design Policy:

An Analysis of the Turkish Case

Policy

Government Involvement

Market Failure

Design Policy

Government intervention in Design

Political Economy of Design

Stakeholders in Design Policies

or

Power Politics of Design

Design Policy in Turkey

Political Economy of Design Policy Making in Turkey

Industrialisation without design!

Designers as “Design Policy Makers”

Design Promotion by Designers

Rise of a New Business Class

The 2001 Crisis: Political Economy of Turkey redefined

The Rise of Design in the Turkish Businesss and Goverment Circles

The Alliance of Design with the New Industrial Bourgeoisie

What have been achived so far?

Conflicts of Interests in Design Policy Making

Challenges for the Turkish Design Community - How to deal with the power relations in Design Policy making?

Thank You!alpay.er@ozyegin.edu.tr