Abstract:The most important agricultural cooperative types in Turkey are Agricultural Credit Cooperatives (ACCs), Agricultural Sales Cooperatives (ASCs), and Agricultural Development Cooperatives (ADCs). Despite their apparent growth in number, agricultural cooperatives have made only a limited impact on economic, social, and industrial development of the country and democratization of the agricultural sector and the community. The reasons for these pertain to some basic problem areas such as finance, integration, training and research, administration, legislation, and auditing [Mülayim, Z. G. (2003). Kooperatifçilik, Yetkin Yayınları. Ankara]. To further explore these problem areas, this paper focuses on cooperative–shareholder relations in three major types of cooperatives in Turkey. 

Keywords: Cooperatives; Agriculture; Turkey; Shareholder; Relations

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