Knowledge Economy in Turkey with Economic Indicators (Period of 1998-2008)

Although knowledge economy is defined in various ways, the common characteristic of these definitions is that knowledge is the main production factor. According to this, there are three main elements knowledge economy, namely knowledge, information and communication technologies, and knowledge worker. In this paper, the definition of information economy, its place in the economy, its relationship with growth, in relation to information economy have been mentioned. As a result, when we have evaluated the data in period of 1998-2008, we can say that our country (Turkey) is slowly passing on the knowledge economy.