CLASSIFICATION OF PROVINCES IN TURKEY BASED ON THE CREATIVE CLASS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS BY CLUSTER ANALYSIS

Abstract

The geographical distribution of human capital in the country is one of the important factors affecting the regional development and it shows that why some of the provinces are successful at developing and others are behind in the same geography. Recently, studies on regional development and geographical concentration have been referring to the role of creative class as well as the human capital. The creative class, which values creative personality, diversity and competence, causes economic growth in the region where it has chosen to settle down. In this study, it was investigated which provinces the creative class clustered in Turkey and which province groups showed similar characteristics. To achieve this goal, data on employment in 2013 from SGK grouped at the creative class level of 81 provinces of Turkey were analyzed using the "" Clustering Analysis"" method and the results were evaluated by testing the data set with 6 clusters. It has been attempted to determine existing similarities and differences between the provinces and the similarity level with each other. The results of this study will produce an appropriate database for labor force planning and incentive policies for the dissemination of creative class throughout the country.