EXAMPLE OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN TURKEY: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF KONYA ŞEKER A.Ş.

Abstract

Cooperatives, which have their roots in the Ottoman Empire period, are an important and frequently seen organizational structure in Turkey, especially in the agricultural sector. It is possible to say that the importance of cooperatives, which lost their importance from time to time, has increased again today. Konya Şeker A.Ş., which constitutes the case study of this study. It is a cooperative-based company founded in 1954 by its major partner, Konya Pancar Planters Cooperative, and other partners. In this study, the return of Konya Şeker A.Ş., which was established by the cooperative in 1954 with the oral history method, to a business group was investigated in the historical process with the oral history method.