The Scope of Agricultural Support Policies and The

This book is a summary of the theoretical knowledge from the PhD Thesis "Agricultural Support Policies for Olive Oil, Wheat, Milk, Sugar in Turkey with Reference to CAP" (2012) supervised by Prof.Dr.Osman Küçükahmetoğlu. I would like to thank to my supervisor Prof.Dr.Osman Küçükahmetoğlu for his motivation and advices. He shared his knowledge and documents with me as well as discussed the subject with me during my research. He encouraged me to do my best in my studies and he had been interested with every details of the thesis. I also thank to him that I learned a lot from his lessons and from his advices.

I would like to thank to Prof.Dr.Erol Çakmak who helped me shaping the thesis and enriched my research. I would like to thank to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Okan Gaytancıoğlu for his comments and critiques from the beginning of my research. He supported me with his knowledge and encouraged me during the thesis process. I would thank to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sait Akman for his valuable feedbacks that shaped my research. He supported me with his critiques, comments and with his knowledge during my thesis, and also during my PhD Program.

I am very grateful to my parents Mustafa Toplu and Fatma Toplu for their encouragement on to continue my grad- uate studies. They always supported me during my education.

I especially wish to express my deepest appreciate to my husband Mehmet Haluk Yılmaz for providing endless motivation, encouragement, support and advices. He enriched my vision and proved me that I could do my best.