E-Turkey: Turkey’s Way to the Information Society

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Author(s): Ibrahim Arpaci (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 14
Source title: Global Strategy and Practice of E-Governance: Examples from Around the World
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Danilo Piaggesi (Fondazione Rosselli Americas (FRA) & International Knowledge Economy Program (IKEP), USA), Kristian Sund (Middlesex University, UK)and Walter Castelnovo (University of Insubria, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-489-9.ch015

Keywords: Electronic Government / Government & Law / Information Science Reference

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This chapter focuses on e-Turkey. In other word, this chapter is about electronic government (e-government) activities, developments and improvements in Turkey. The success and challenges of e-government are analyzed in a national context. The purpose of the study is to analyze ongoing e-government projects held in Turkey and identify stakeholders, drivers, and challenges of the e-government projects. This study is a qualitative research. During data collection, a series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with top and middle level managers within public organizations. Moreover, the study involved information and data from the literature and the Turkish governmental organizations. Results of the study indicate that there are many successful e-government projects carried out by the interaction of stakeholders. In spite of some challenges, Turkey is advancing rapidly on the way to the information society.

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