Duran, H.E.Elburz, Z.Kourtit, K.Nijkamp, P.2024-05-052024-05-0520242379-2957https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2023.2197033Almost all regional economic resilience studies measure resilience by referring to national time patterns of recessions. This study of region-specific patterns of resilience of 81 Turkish regions in the period 2009–20 and their underlying economic/demographic determinants in regions in Turkey shows that ignoring the different timings of regional and national economy recessions leads to misleading/biased results. The study shows first that provincial employment cycles are asynchronous. Second, the geographical pattern of resistance to the last 2018 economic crisis changes considerably when using province-specific rather than national turning points. Third, those provinces that are more open to trade, export- oriented, highly urbanised, and with a low level of human capital and entrepreneurial activities were more resistant to the recession. © 2023 Regional Studies Association.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessE32Economic CyclesEconomic ResilienceR11Timing of Economic CrisesTurkish Provincial Economic DevelopmentTwo-Stage Least Squares (2Sls)Article2-s2.0-8516055633410.1080/23792949.2023.2197033