Fig. 2
Source: Author’s calculation. Employment data were derived from TurkStat (employed persons by kind of economic activity). GDP is derived from Ministry of Development’s report (Economic and Social Indicators between 1950 and 2014) and calculated with exchange rate of 1998 to find real GDP in US dollars (1998 = 100)
Sectoral shares of workers in the three sectors, and GDP (annually, 1923–2014). Note: Real GDP is used for sectoral comparison, because it has a greater time span and it is favorable to do time series analysis with worker distribution. The manufacturing sector is the activities not categorized within the agricultural and service sector. GDP is expressed as US dollar.