ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLANS FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY IN TURKEY

Abstract

Indicative of information in social structure is knowledge based on production. The knowledge economy is defined as knowledge-based production of high value-added goods. Development in society manifests itself by means of production factors. The social structure takes its name from this and the strong changes in production factors change the name of the social structure, too. Today, the information society shows that knowledge is the most important source which used in production. Knowledge has been the most important source of the wealth of societies throughout history. Societies, which have more and more qualified knowledge and who can use information correctly with an effective political, economic and social organization, have attained a higher level of prosperity than others. Since the middle of the 20th century, the developments in the field of electronics have made a breakthrough for information acquisition, storage, processing, and transmission and also significantly accelerated the process of transformation into the information society. In recent years, information and communication Technologies have become a general purpose technology used in all areas of economic and social life. The most important product of developed economies is high value-added products based on information technologies. Turkey has prepared action plans for the transition to the knowledge economy since 1999. With these plans, the aim is to create high value-added product range and employment by using public resources.