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Modernising Turkey with statistics: implementing ISI expertise in the Turkish statistical reform at the end of the 1920s

Aykiz DoganUMR Développement et Sociétés, IEDES, Université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 73-100 | Received 31 May 2022, Accepted 03 Jan 2023, Published online: 30 Mar 2023

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