The Importance of Economic, Political, Social, and Legal Contexts in Understanding the History of Business Establishments in Turkey

The aim of the study is to start a conversation on how economic, political, social and legal contextscan be considered in business history research. In order to be successful in this discussion, the study is build on three distinct steps. First, a framework of micro and macro approaches to business history research is presented. In second step, examples of studies are selected within the macro approach and general features of these studies are discussed. In final step, suggestions for business history research that could be carried out in Turkey are offered within this general framework.