State Planning Organization ( tr, Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı, DPT) was founded on September 30, 1960, as part of the NUC's plans to help Turkey recover from the rule of the DP (whose leader Adnan Menderes did not use state planning except partially in the agricultural sector). It was one of the most important governmental organizations in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. Its principal tasks were to provide advice to the government on the determination of economic, social and cultural goals of the state, and to design five-year plans according to the goals set by the government. By increasing liberalization of the Turkish economic policy, the DPT lost its importance, and was incorporated into the newly established Ministry of Development in June 2011.

Notable people

Feridun Bilgin Feridun Bilgin (born 1964) is a Turkish civil servant and politician who served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication of Turkey from 7 March to 17 November 2015. Formerly the Undersecretary to the Ministry, Bilgin took over f ...

(born 1964), Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication in 2015 *

Nazım Ekren Nazım Ekren (born December 4, 1956 in Istanbul) was a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for economic affairs. Political career He was appointed to his position in August 2007, succeeding Abdüllatif Şener. Ekren is a former professor ...

(born 1956), Deputy Prime Minister (2007-2009) responsible for the DPT *

Turgut Özal Halil Turgut Özal (; 13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Mothe ...

(1927-1993), Prime Minister (1983-1989) and President (1989-1993); worked in 1959 at the DPT

Notable projects

RASAT RASAT was an earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) and produced in Turkey to provide high resolution imagery. It was the first remote sensing satellite fully realize ...

, remote sensing satellite launched in 2011, financed and operated by the DPT

References

Government agencies of Turkey 1960 establishments in Turkey Organizations based in Ankara Government of Turkey 2011 disestablishments in Turkey Defunct organizations based in Turkey Defunct government agencies of Turkey {{Econ-stub