Analysis of ICT in Turkey and EU-27 Countries: Why Turkey Lagged Behind?

Abstract: This study analyses the situation of information and communication technologies in Turkey with making a comparison by applying social capability and catch up theory between Turkey and EU-27 countries ICT production, export, diffusion, and usage among individuals and households, between 2007 and 2013. However, development of ICT industry has started after the industrialization; production and technology development have rapidly increased after the 1980s. Some countries increased their technology production and export, and they became technology and manufacturing giants, while the others were still struggling with completing their industrialization period, like Turkey. Even though, Turkey seems like very close to catch up with the most of European Countries, still it has some lack of the expanding its technology productivity and its international market share in ICT industry. Within this frame, the study search on the reasons of why Turkey is lagged behind of the developed countries even though, it has a potential to develop and increase the technology production.