While globalization discourses are increasing nowadays, the debates have centered on transformation and re-structuring of economy, culture and politics in global perspective. As the neo-liberal policies have widely been implemented at the last quarter of the century, the figures and numbers on the issue have revealed that disparities of income between the richest and poorest countries have been accelerated in the world. It is obvious that globalization has been operating to the disadvantage of various underdeveloped and/or developing countries and especially low income/poor groups within these countries and that the environmental problems have also become global and globalization has failed to bring stability to the global economy and that mismanagement of the globalization process has triggered poverty. The reasons behind the relation between globalization and poverty gain importance considering these aspects. After analyzing and framing globalization through benefiting from various points of view, this study would examine particular conditions related with historical development of globalization. Specific emphasis will be devoted to the factors that have triggered globalization process especially at the last quarter of the century. After presenting these data, the study would not only link poverty to globalization but also draw attention to probable effects of globalization to poverty.