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TÜRKİYE’DE YOKSULLUKLA MÜCADELE POLİTİKALARININ HUKUKİ ÇERÇEVESİ
The Legal Structure of Poverty Alleviation Policies in Turkey

Author(s): Dilek Özsoy, Kasım Karataş
Subject(s): Welfare systems, Welfare services
Published by: Arif YILDIZ
Keywords: Poverty; Social Policy; Social Assistance; Social Service;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the legal structure of poverty alleviation policies in Turkey. Legal regulation of social policy adopted in Turkey for the fight against poverty and legal regulations on direct social assistance have been included. In this article, the Laws that constitute the basis of the policies within the scope of the fight against poverty are examined. In this context, the importance of the Law No. 2022 about granting salary for people of 65-Year-Old, Poor, Needy and Orphaned Turkish Citizens and the Law No.3294 of Encouraging Social Assistance and Solidarity on social policies aimed at combating poverty were discussed. The main material of the article consists of the legislation, direct and indirect regulations regulating policies to combat poverty, the reports of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, the Constitution and articles and reports written in this field.

  • Issue Year: 3/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 107-120
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish