G.Ü. İslahiye İİBF Uluslararası E-Dergi

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Adana, one of the traditional industrial centers of a period, was the 4th most important city in Turkey after Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. It experienced a dramatic decline in the period from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

The optimism that the policies pursued on the axis of shifting the industry from the traditional metropolitan centers to the surrounding provinces, and that high-level service activities and high value-added sectors will replace the industrial function in the cities in question, did not seem to have created a response outside of Istanbul. Adana is the province where this situation is most concretely experienced. The service sector did not concentrate on high-level services as expected, causing an unhealthy development. While the Adana industry is diversifying, it is seen that the industrial activities developed in

Adana and its hinterland do not show a remarkable concentration in high value-added sectors. On the other hand, Adana and its hinterland increased their share of Turkish industry after 2004. However, the basis of this development and its impact on the city should be examined. As a result, Adana, as an industrial city, is heavily experiencing urbanization problems and related social and economic problems on the basis of privatization, industry externalization efforts and global competition.