The state financed the industrialization processes through public banks and import substitution policies that shaped the economic activities until 1980s. Turkey had adopted a state-dependent and a closed economic regime during these years. The frequency of global interactions was very low. Turkey has converted its economic strategy from a protectionist model to a market oriented and an open perspective during the recent decades.9 Turkish state has signed several agreements concerning free trade between European Union and Turkey after mid 90’s.