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This chapter focuses on the main reforms in the social security and social assistance systems of Turkey in the post-2002 period. This has been a period in which the immature welfare regime of the country has gone through significant restructuring under the neo-liberal and conservative aims of the Justice and Development Party. The chapter analyzes the main challenges plaguing the Turkish welfare regime in this era. While looking into the areas of labor market policy, pensions, health, social assistance, and long-term and childcare, the main questions the chapter focuses on are: (i) What were the main reforms implemented in the specific policy fields during the last decade? (ii) What were the effects (if any) of the 2007–2008 economic crises on specific social policy fields?
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Göçmen, İ. (2016). An Immature Welfare State Under Transformation: The Turkish Welfare Regime and the Crises. In: Schubert, K., de Villota, P., Kuhlmann, J. (eds) Challenges to European Welfare Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07680-5_31
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