Valentina

Assoc. Prof.

Polona

Prof.

Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons on Well-Being, Work-Life Balance, and Health

Davuthan

In the developed capitalist countries, with the effect of neo-liberal policies and economic crises in the 1980s, social assistance began to be reviewed in the face of the pressures of social expenditures on public budgets. Along with the 1990s, there was a growing consensus that social assistance budgets in many countries were being cut, and that recipients of benefits were being distracted from working. In this process, policies aimed at ensuring the integration of social assistance recipients with the labor market were prioritized. Along with strict eligibility requirements, conditions for participation in programs that will increase their integration into the labor market have been introduced. At the same time, it was the responsibility of the assistants to prevent the dependency culture created by social aids on individuals. This concept, also called dependency theory, is also used to explain the situation in which social assistance recipients discourage from working because of the way the benefits are designed and delivered. According to the theory, the problem is not in people’s ability to work or employment opportunities, but in the existence of deterrents to work. Regardless of the individual and familial characteristics that cause poverty, it is controversial whether the family’s receiving social assistance will promote social assistance dependency of the child in the household in the future and whether social assistance systems have such an effect.This situation is based on the belief that dependence is transferred from parents to children through knowledge and values and a culture of intergenerational social assistance addiction is created. In other words, it is widely accepted that children who grow up in low-income families and receive social assistance are more likely to receive it as adults. Although this situation is caused by a variety of factors, the experiences that children have during their growth periods cause the phenomenon of dependence to be mentioned. Although this situation is based on many reasons, the experiences that children experience during their growth period cause the phenomenon of dependence to be mentioned. It is thought that the culture of dependence gains an intergenerational dimension, especially when children begin to experience the feelings of shame and stigma caused by receiving social assistance from an early age while learning the processes of accessing social assistance through their parents. According to some authors, a causal relationship in receiving social assistance across generations creates a culture that reinforces family transmission. Those who oppose the causality hypothesis, on the other hand, defend the idea that the parents are disadvantaged, not the family’s receiving welfare services, with the "disadvantaged relationship” approach. This situation, which is called the "shared determinants effect", is evaluated as a tendency to be related to factors such as education level, work motivation, and living area among parents and children.Another group where the culture of dependence is questioned is women. Especially in the new division of labor that started with the capitalist production system, the understanding of women’s labor in reproduction within the family causes women to be more dependent more men on social assistance. This situation, which is frequently criticized by the feminist ideology, is seen as a result of the destructive effects of capitalism on women, due to the understanding that devalues women’s labor and assigns them duties based on gender. Before the industrial revolution, although women’s labor was controlled by others, it was in a visible, understandable, and official position. Increasing individualism with industrial capitalism has built a new dichotomy of economic dependence and independence. As a result of the hegemony of wage labor, women’s labor with unpaid housework and parenting roles has been devalued. Male labor began to be evaluated within the scope of the family head, who earned his bread by reducing the care roles in the family, during this process. While income-generating policies were restructured based on gender, social reproduction remained the responsibility of women.

Social Assistance Dependency as A Social Assistance Problem

Ayça

Burcu

The purpose of this study is to investigate how much and in what direction divorce rates in Turkey are affected by women’s socioeconomic status. In the literature, it is stated that the most important reasons for the increasing divorce rates are the changing female roles in society and the family structure, the individualization brought about by industrialization, the increase in welfare levels, and the facilitation of divorce opportunities. The change in the place and role of women in the family structure is associated with the increase in women’s participation in the labor force and the increase in the level of education, which occurred alongside industrialization. At this point, the regional differentiation of socioeconomic status indicators for women reveals the need for a spatial study of the effects of these variables on the divorce rate. In this context, the following indicators of socioeconomic status were evaluated for 2008, 2014, and 2019: educational status, household size, female labor rate, female employment rate, the crude divorce rate, and the female unemployment rate. The 26 sub-regions in the Turkish Statistical Region Units Classification (IBBS) Level 2, conducted by the TURKSTAT (Turkish Statistical Institute), were examined using Spatial Autocorrelation (SAR) and Spatial Error (SEM) Models.	The findings reveal that divorce rates have been steadily increasing across the country over the years studied. This situation is thought to be a result of the regulations made in the 1950s in the world and the 1980s in Turkey, accelerating the bureaucratic procedures regarding divorce and the regulations made in the laws that facilitate divorce cases. In addition, it has been observed that divorce rates are lower in the eastern regions of the country than in the western regions. It has been observed that this spatial differentiation arises due to many different reasons, such as: education, family and social structure, job opportunities provided to women, and the ratio of women in employment. The LISA maps obtained in the continuation of the study reveal that spatial differentiation occurs not only in one sub-region, but also in adjacent sub-regions. In summary, the effect of women’s socioeconomic indicators on divorce rates in any sub-region results in a combination of neighboring sub-regions. As a result, it can be seen that the divorce rates in Turkey are regionally affected by the socioeconomic status of women. In the models estimated for the three mentioned years, the average household size appears as a factor that increases the divorce rates. This situation reveals that the family order which derives from the patriarchal and extended family structure, especially in eastern societies, is a factor that increases divorce in Turkey.While the increase in the rate of women graduating from college and univerisites increases the divorce rate for all three years, the increase in the number of illiterate women has a decreasing effect on the divorce rate. The result obtained supports the study of Jalovaara (2003). Accordingly, the Independence hypothesis (Hobson, 1990; Ruggles, 1997), which reveals that the increase in women’s education levels increases women’s economic freedom and that higher earnings are the motivation for ending unhappy marriages, is valid for Turkey.To reveal the relationship between women’s economic conditions and divorce rates, the variables of female unemployment rate, female employment rate, and female labor force participation rate provided different results for the models in the years 2014 and 2019 than in the year 2008. Here, it is thought that different variables affect the relationship between these variables and divorce rates for Turkey after 2008. While the increase in the female unemployment rate and employment rate in 2008 had a decreasing effect on the divorce rate, the increase in labor force participation increased the divorce rates. However, for 2014 and 2019, the said relationship was reversed, while the increase in unemployment and employment rates increased the divorce rates, the increase in the labor force participation rate had a decreasing effect on the divorce rate. At this point, it can be thought that the increase in the unemployment rate experienced in the relevant years emerged independently of women’s education. On the other hand, the fact that the increase in labor force participation rates has a decreasing effect on divorce suggests that the increase in labor force participation occurs independently of women’s education and the nature of the work that society allows them to do.

Spatial Analysis of the Effects of Women’s Socioeconomic Status on Divorce Rates in Turkey

Banu

Prof. Dr.

While union rights have been generally considered from the workers’ perspective in Türkiye, the union rights of civil servants have been significantly neglected. The relatively low proportion of civil servants in the total employment and late unionization of civil servants in comparison with workers could be accepted as among the most important reasons for this negligence. While only 14.28% of paid and salaried employees are civil servants, 72.63% of them had unionized as of July 2022. While workers avoid unions or are forced not to become union members due to various socioeconomic reasons, particularly due to insufficient job security in Türkiye, such a high union density rate for civil servants requires a close examination regarding civil servants’ union rights.Both the historical evolution and the context of civil servants’ union rights differ from that of workers. While the first legal framework on union rights for workers was drawn up in 1947, civil servants didn’t gain union rights de jure until 1965. Workers accessed the constitutional right to strike in 1961, while civil servants have only gained the right to organize and collectivelybargain so far. Furthermore, legal regulations have paved the way for union rights for workers; however, civil servants in particular have had de facto union rights since the 1990s. These days, some civil servant unions have close ties with political parties, but this relationship has injured both the individual and collective union freedoms of civil servants in Türkiye. The violation of civil servants’ union freedoms is strikingly in contrast with the high union density rate of civil servants, and this contrast is the main starting point of the paper.Both the Constitution (Art.51/I) and the Civil Servant Unions and Collective Agreement Act No. 4688 (Art. 14/I; Art. 16/I) have provisions on individuals’ union freedoms, but most civil servants are unable to choose a union freely and have been forced to become members of a so-called eligible union that has hot connections with the governing political party. However, civil servants prefer to be members of a union that prioritizes their assignments and designations. The legitimacy of civil servant unions largely depends on their position and distance toward politics. The civil servant union Memur-Sen is a clear example that shows how unions in particular gain power in terms of their relationship with the ruling political party. Memur-Sen increased its membership 2500% since 2002, which is when the first statistics on civil servant unions were published. While Memur-Sen had 41,871 members in 2002, Türkiye Kamu-Sen had 329,065 members and KESK had 262,348. These membership numbers have grown respectively to 1,054,642, 526,684, and 150,338 as of 2022. Therefore, an asymmetric union membership growth has occurred among civil servants’ unions over the past 20 years. Until 20 years ago, Memur-Sen had been a very minor confederation and has since increased its membership exorbitantly by providing incentives and resources to the union through the government. Consequently, Memur-Sen has played a significant role in increasing the civil servant union density rate thanks to its symbiotic relationship with the ruling party. These days, more than half of all unionized civil servants are members of Memur-Sen.Another important motivation for the high union density rate of civil servants is the collective agreement premium that has paved the way for a unionism that is supported financially by the state. In other words, the state finances the union membership fees of civil servants. Thus, union membership does not engender any costs for civil servants. As self-help organizations, unions should be independent from the state and employers; however, the collective agreement premium violates collective union freedoms and creates a symbiotic relationship between civil servant unions and the state. In addition, the state strikingly did not force unions to establish this relationship; Memur-Sen and Türkiye Kamu-Sen have consented and furthermore demand this relationship, while KESK strongly resists it.Having a centrist collective bargaining system whose representational structure is based on the majority instead of on a pluralism within the Civil Servant Unions Commission and giving the President a decisive role in the Civil Servants Arbitration Commission as a mandatory arbitration board resolves the collective disputes and strengthened the state’s direction of civil servant unionism. Therefore, the state has become a dominant actor that controls civil servant unions and determines all the procedures regarding collective bargaining and collective dispute resolution. This tendency has increased authoritarian corporatism and solidified pro-government union confederations.

The Paradox of "Civil Servant Unionism" in Turkey: Strong Unionism or Dependant Unionism?

Muhammed

Res. Assist. Dr.

Employers’ organizations have been set up to protect and develop the common economic rights and interests of capital owners. The competition among early capitalists had hampered the ability of this class to act collectively, at least regarding some issues. This made the early organizations transient and short-lived. However, the changes in labor relations that occurred over time reinforced the idea that defending the private interests of capital meant defending class interests, caused class consciousness among capital owners to increase, and saw organizations starting to take on more permanent forms.Capital owners developed several organizational forms with a range of functions in response to their various needs. During the early period of capitalism, employers generally acted within organizations that were not involved in industrial relations in order to protect the various economic interests they had difficulty doing on their own. Employers’ organizations and chambers were the main organizations in this context. The fact that capitalism had become the dominant production system through the Industrial Revolution and that class relations had emerged more visibly was effective in employers’ associations being established with a focus on industrial relations.In parallel with the increase in the size of the working class in this period, class consciousness emerged among workers. They acquired the ability to act collectively and established trade unions. The struggle of the working class resulted in the acquisition of the right to strike and collective bargaining. This struggle with trade unions was the primary motivations for employers to form associations focused on industrial relations. In addition, governments had enacted certain proworker policies and regulations in line with both the pressures of the working class as well as the democratization in politics. This situation caused employers to feel the managerial privileges property rights had granted them to be in danger and created the need for employers to act collectively against the state. This was another effective phenomenon in the establishment of employers’ associations. Lastly, employers realized the need for a collective movement in order to reduce the wage-based competition that often led to negative outcomes for them.Employers’ associations started to be seen in many sectors in the industrializedWestern countries in the second half of the 19th century and gained more centralized structures by merging and forming umbrella organizations in the 20th century. During this process, employers’ associations contributed to the formation of a stable industrial relations system by serving the proliferation and centralization of collective bargaining. They were also effective in creating legislation in line with representational activities and in this way have for a long time been one of the main actors guiding industrial relations. Since the last quarter of the 20th century, employers’ associations have been losing the strong position they had mostly gained through their struggles with trade unions, lobbying efforts with governments, and widespread public activities and have also started losing great numbers of members.This study discusses employers’ associations, whose fields of interest involve industrial relations, and examines the developments, activities, and effects these institutions have had on industrial relations in this context. The study discusses the course these organizations took throughout their historical process through the examples of countries in which employers’ associations had first developed and explores the reasons that led to the formation of employers’ associations, their emergence as significant players in industrial relations, and how they then losing their importance compared to previous periods. The article also addresses the struggles employers’ associations went through, the policies they adopted, and how they developed their fields of activity in order to protect their strength and minimize membership losses in the face of these circumstances in an attempt to determine the transformations employers’ associations have experienced.

The Changing Appearence of Employers’ Associations: A Review of Selected Countries

Rıza

Uzman

Serpil

This study has been conducted to determine the values associated with Industry 4.0 and perceptions toward the concept and meaning of work and to compare the values held by workforce members of Generations X, Y, and Z. The purpose of this research is to provide a better understanding of these concepts and how they differ among the generations.Various definitions are found in the literature for Industry 4.0. According to Schwab (2017), the emergence of Industry 4.0 involves three key factors: speed, width-depth, and system effect. Some definitions describe Industry 4.0 as the autonomous operation of machines and production systems with the goal of reducing the human workforce (Görçün, 2016), while others define it as the control of physical processes in smart factories through cyber-physical systems that communicate and make decisions independently but under the control of a central system (Soyak, 2017).The concept of work has evolved over time and undergone numerous changes. In primitive societies, work was primarily a means of sustenance, but as agriculture developed, individuals began to produce excess goods beyond what was needed for their own survival (Sezal, 2014). The feudal system emerged with the advent of agriculture, and the end of feudalism occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In the last 25 years of the 20𝑡ℎ century, developments in society such as an increase in education and welfare levels influenced individuals’ expectations and led to changes in the meaning of work (Keser, 2005).Communications and interactions among people have existed since the earliest periods of human history. These interactions and communications reflect the changes and developments that have occurred throughout history. Because changes and developmentscontinue to happen in every era, individuals born within certain time frames have been grouped into specific generations (Aygenoğlu, 2015), with multiple classifications of generations occurring in the literature. The most widely accepted classifications are as follows: the Silent Generation (1925-1945), Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1979), Generation Y (1980-1999), and Generation Z (2000 and later; Reeves &amp; Oh, 2008, pp. 296–297; Crumpacker &amp; Crumpacker, 2007, p. 351; Haeberle et al., 2009, p. 62; Keleş, 2011, p. 131; Kyles, 2005, p. 54; Lancaster &amp; Stillman, 2002, p. 59; Senbir, 2004, pp. 22–26; Yelkikalan &amp; Altın, 2010, pp. 1–2; Kuran, 2014, 2015; Türk, 2013; Twenge, 2013)..The research has developed a questionnaire with 72 questions and consisting of four sections: demographic questions, theWork and Meaning Inventory (Steger et al., 2011), the Expectation fromWork Life Scale (Jusoh, M, Simun, M., &amp; Chong, S. C., 2011), and the researcher-developed Industry 4.0 Scale. The demographic section includes questions about the participants’ gender, education level, age, employment status, profession, institution, length of service at the institution, position, and time spent in the workforce. The Work and Meaning Inventory used in the second section was adapted to Turkish and tested for its reliability and validity by Akın et al. (2013), who found a Cronbach’s alpha = .93. The third section uses the Expectation from Work Life Scale (Jusoh, M, Simun, M., &amp; Chong, S. C., 2011) which includes separate questions about one’s ideas of an ideal job and current job. The scale was adapted to Turkish by İşmen (2012) and has a Cronbach’s alpha = .89. The fourth section uses a scale regarding Industry 4.0 that was developed by the researchers and has a Cronbach’s alpha = .75.The questionnaire for this study was created using the online survey site www.smartsurvey.co.uk. Due to the survey being conducted online, stratified sampling was used to ensure easy access to the sample. A total of 435 people were reached, and the data were analyzed using SPSS. The level of significance was accepted as p &lt; 0.05 in the data analysis.When reviewing the overall study and the analysis results, the common views that had been found in the literature regrading intergenerational differences are not supported. However, this result is consistent with the findings of some studies that found no significant or meaningful differences among generations (Gürbüz, 2015; Costanza, 2012; Kowske et al., 2010; Sackett, 2002). This finding is backed up by literature that suggests the multiple generation theory to not be supported, which posits that different beliefs, values, behaviors, and attitudes are caused by the social, cultural, historical, and political events members of a generation experience during their lifetime (Gürbüz, 2015; Glass ,2007; Inglehart, 1997). This may indicate that popular classifications of generations inspired by the multiple generation theory may not be completely valid in Türkiye (Gürbüz, 2015, p. 52).This study has limitations in four areas. The first limitation is that the questionnaire was administered online, which means that face-to-face contact was not possible with the sample group and thus they may not have answered the questions honestly or accurately. The second limitation is that the study used a cross-sectional data collection method. In intergenerational studies a longitudinal data collection method may be more useful for identifying differences, as the values, attitudes, and behaviors of generations may change over time. The third limitation is that no existing scale is found in the literature regarding Industry 4.0, and the scale used in this study was developed by the researchers. While the scale includes important concepts related to Industry 4.0 and business life, it could be further developed in future studies. The final limitation is that the study was conducted only with individuals in different age ranges in Turkish society. A more holistic and illuminating study could be conducted in the future with an intercultural research plan.Future studies could benefit from develop a more comprehensive Industry 4.0 Scale and from conducting studies in cooperation with various companies. This would allow for more widely accepted results to be achieved regarding Industry 4.0.For future studies, itwould be beneficial to develop a more comprehensive Industry 4.0 scale and to conduct studies in cooperation with various companies. This would allow for more widely accepted results about Industry 4.0 to be achieved.

The Perceptions Generations X, Y, and Z Have Toward Work and Industry 4.0

Özden

Assist. Prof. Dr.

Women in Emerging Adulthood: Employment, Education and Related Psychological Indicators of Women in Turkey

Esma

Öğretim Görevlisi Dr.

Digital platforms are entities that operate through digital spaces and mainly involve social media companies that have positioned themselves in various markets. Digital platforms began their journey as social media sites that enabled users to create social network connections with the help of profiles. The programmability of social media sites evolved these sites into platforms, while programmability changed the structure of the web. Today’s digital platforms are more often referred to as markets because of the many actors they have participating in various processes. Digital platforms generate revenue through user interaction; in return, content producers also help them generate revenue.Journalism has been deeply affected by the platformization of news. Digital spaces have changed traditional journalistic practices. Under the platform capitalism, digital spaces have curated individuals’ life styles and how they perceive, react, and see things. In return, journalism as an ethical practice has transformed itself as a result of the new modes of communication and commercialization. The rise of digital journalism has paved the way for new modes of sharing and producing news, which can easily be termed as producing content. News production has become dominated by the mechanisms that govern platform logic,a logic that lies in the mechanisms of datafication, commodification, commercialization, and consumption and that have affected the role of journalists in society.Instagram as a digital platform has changed and influenced individuals’ life styles, with influencer being the term used to refer to those who promote different life styles or products on Instagram. Brands and companies that effectively use the platform logic of Instagram generate revenue with the cooperation of influencers as a part of brand communication. Today’s influencers have a celebrity status and enjoy the different role social media has given them. This paper discusses the rise of the influencer journalist in 	relation to journalists’ role in society and how they have been affected by platform logic and commercialization. In fact, journalists have found defining their roles that have become difficult with the rise of digital journalism.The concept of platforms points to an infrastructure that supports the design and use of particular applications, such as operating systems, gaming devices, mobile devices, and digital formats.With the rise of digitalism, platforms have begun referring to central themes because platforms also provide opportunities for communication, interaction, and sales. A platform’s most important tenet is its programmability. The notion of programmability has enabled a change in the structure of the web. Today’s platforms are more often referred to as digital structures that exceed their technical connotations. Digital platforms are not simply technological tools that enable one to do things online such as chatting, sharing, commenting, searching, buying things, listening to music, or watching videos. However, these online activities actually shape the way people live and how societies are organized.The rise of search engines also means that news organizations somehow began to lose control over the news. Most professional news organizations started to provide digital journalism for their readers on the basis of fast, accurate, and comprehensive news coverage. However, this process changed how news is produced, distributed, and monetized. The production of news is designed to obey the mechanisms and the organizing principles of the platform ecosystem.The platform ecosystem has changed journalism practices overall with its principles. Digital platform dynamics have led journalists to struggle professionally with the change in the system. The rise of digital platforms, especially social media platforms such as Instagram, has transformed not just journalism but also journalism as a profession. The ethical and professional principles of journalism have been eroded, journalism began to be seen as influencing and starting to act with the logic of digital platforms. The corporate umbrella that protected journalists has been replaced by the principles of platform capitalism. The aim of this study is to examine the precarization of journalism as a profession under the dominant power of digital platforms.This paper concentrates on changing journalism as a profession under the dominant platform capitalism. The precarization journalism has undergone at the hands of platform capitalism has led the rise of influencer journalists. Precariat refers to the workforce that works in non-permanent, irregular, insecure, and mostly part-time jobs without the benefit of protective measures. Precarization in journalism as a result of digitalism has led journalists to work under insecure conditions and in freelance positions. Therefore, most journalists have had to adapt themselves to new roles and working conditions. These new conditions also require them to be influencer journalists. The aim of this paper is to examine the precarization of journalism as a profession under the dominant power of digital platforms.

Digital Platforms and Journalism as a Profession: The Rise of the Influencer Journalist

Abdulhalim

Kübra

The Evolving Role of the State in the 15th Year of Türkiye Social Security System Reform

Neslihan

Global climate change has been known to occur as a climate phenomenon for many years and has had an increasing effect, especially in recent years. When considering that human behaviors also lead toward the destruction of nature, extensive degradation is seen to occurs in the climate and ecology as a result of global climate change, and this condition brings many deficits to the agenda in terms of the diversity of living things and the preservation of atmospheric balance. Climate-related phenomena may result from many different geological, technological, and biophysical factors and may also present different results in different countries. In fact, these problems may vary based on human characteristics (e.g., age, gender, race).Climate migration is an important concept that has emerged in discussions centered on global climate change. Climate migration as a concept refers to the condition of individuals who willingly choose or have to leave their country or region for climate-related reasons and go to a different region or country other than their own. The literature is seen to prefer concepts such as environmental refugees and climate refugees for referring to these people, and a drawback is present pertaining to states’ use of these concepts.Although climate-centered subjects started coming to the agenda during the Industrial Revolution, these effects really started to stand out in the 20th century. The inclusion of the human factor in the coverage of environmental problems has demonstrated the fact that the problem is not only caused by climate. Climate change appears to be limited to certain regions, but a gradual increase in environmental problems has been occurring, and the severity of this witnessed change has intensified through natural disasters. Such a change fundamentally affects human lives. Migration cases have occurred on various continents as climatic conditions have changed, with people moving to different places. For example, the communities on the Pacific islands have moved to inner areas due to the erosion of coastal regions and fishermen have immigrated to other cities in Asia due to violent storms and ocean acid levels. These examples as well as the domestic migrations in Middle Asia due to climatic causes are among the communal reflections of the change being experienced.Climate refugees face many problems in terms of security. At the forefront of these problems is the climate-related security problem. Relocation that occurs due to climate change can take place between regions and even between countries. The most important of the security-related problems occurring due to climate involve food safety, food problems, and disease. When considering that the lack of adequate precautions may cause wars, disputes, and conflict-sourced crises and tensions, the climate refugee problem is known to not be able to be restricted to just one region; the present problem is a general problem for all humankind and constitutes a global threat.Climate refugees also face security problems due to their lack of legal status. Although these refugees face a change of place due to climate, the problem has different political, economic, cultural, and other aspects for different states. Another dimension of the climate refugee problem is their inclusion in temporary protection orders. This condition presents the point of view that focuses on how human rights should be extended to the issue in order to solve the present problem.Another aspect of the security problems climate refugees face is related to social life. Immigrating individuals have the aim of embracing life in their new location. The success refugees have in the phases of adapting in terms of this basic vital aim is related to the opportunities their immigration provides them. Refugees enter into a process that demands they act in accordance with different factors that cover life, social environment, and culture. Factors such as gender, age, and time it takes to adapt to the new culture can also be mentioned among the subjects that affect their ability to adapt.States’ perspectives toward climate migration are also draw attention. Although the prohibition against sending refugees back has the tendency to expand to cover climate-centered individuals, an uncertainty exists in this regard. This is due to the fact that states regard environmental rights as a third-generation human right. Thus, states’ investments in protecting their borders and security are at a much higher level than their investments to protect against climate change.Although the climate immigration problem seems to be a climate-based problem, this study covers different aspects of the problem and evaluates the status of individuals who’ve voluntarily or mandatorily left their regions and also evaluates the issue both in terms of refugees and states. The study has a theoretical basis. While dealing with global climate change, climate refugees, and the security problems refugees face, the need is also seen to examine issues such as the climate change-based security problem, the security problem experienced by climate refugees in terms of their legal status, and the security problem regarding social life. From this point of view, although climate immigration has started as a result of climate change, headings such as settlement, recognition, and discrimination demonstrate that immigration needs to be evaluated in expanding and diversified backgrounds. The approaches international regulations and states take toward climate immigration also present the fact that refugees will continue	to be discussed in the international arena well into the future.

Global Climate Change: Security Problems of Climate Refugees

Perihan

Öğretim Görevlisi

The Mediating Role of Presenteeism in The Effect on of Job Insecurity in The Private Sector on Employee Performance

Umut

International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that consider providing emergency assistance to immigrants who are caught trying to Turkey’s borders employ social workers through projects in these regions. Within this scope, the study interviews 15 social workers who work as field workers (SHU) regarding their work conditions, income levels, job security, exclusion, and professional difficulties using the semi-structured interview technique and examines the resulting data were examined by the program Maxqda. All social workers are employed full time, and all social workers apart from the project assistants were determined to work on-call on a 24/7 basis, with overtime being used as paid leave. While project assistants earn an average of 23,000 TL per month, 66% of the participants earn a monthly income of 16,000 TL or more. This amount is above the national average. Meanwhile, the foreign experts working as senior managers in offices are observed to receive 500%-600% higher wages than experts working in the field, and this results in discrimination:I think there is a difference in wages between foreigners and Turks. So, if I earn on a $1000-1,100 basis, they start at $5000. I think this is unfair. I work like a dog day and night while they take the world. (SHU1) According to 26.6% of social workers, the most important problem encountered in the profession is the uncertain work hours: Due to this job’s intensity, you don’t have much of a social life. The biggest problem for me is this. (SHU9) Again, according to 26.6% of the participants, the most important problem encountered in the profession is the project-based employment. Because all international organizations operating in border regions provide project-based employment, there is no job guarantee at the end of a project: Now I have experienced this before. All of these works are project-based, you sign a 1-year contract, but you don’t know what comes next. (SHU5) In addition, the environments encountered in the field are also among the problems that the participants have difficulty solving. These include refugees whose medicines were confiscated or children who were given sleep medicine so that they would not make a sound: When I started my career, I was affected by everything, but now I am not so easily affected. The cases I am affected by are as follows: I can still be influenced by children. Let me give an example: during the push back, a parent who has a child between the ages of 0-1- or 0-2 gives them sleep medicine so that the child does not cry. In such cases, they don’t know what the dosage should be. Of course, they unconsciously give a random amount. (SHU7) In the interviews, although the participants earn income above market conditions, their conscientious feelings rather than income was seen to increase their motivation to work. While the most important source of motivation for 80% of the participants consisted of human emotions, only 20% stated income to be effective: I find the income low because we work 24/7. It is difficult for families to leave their children at the beginning of the night or in the early morning. I am not doing this for financial reasons. I am motivated to help people. (SHU11) When asked about the method of coping with the problems they encounter or are exposed to, 40% stated having received or continuing to receive professional support. However, 26.6% of the participants stated having trouble with the psychologists who work at the institution. Despite not being professional, they overcome it in the context of friendship relations: We go through a lot of trauma, such as seeing a mother die in childbirth. We have colleagues who are psychologists. We talk to each other and help each other, but I don’t receive enough support. (SHU2) 13.3% of the participants feel that they’ve been exposed to discrimination in the field because they work with immigrants. Apart from this, 20% of the participants feel that they’ve been exposed to exclusion or discrimination by their friends or relatives due to similar reasons: It can happen in some villages. Or while some public servants thank you and hold you in high regard, others look down on you. (SHU1)&nbsp;

Working With Immigrants: A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Field Workers

Canan

Caner

This research investigates the dynamics of knowledge production in social work, an applied multidisciplinary field whose institutionalization at universities in Turkey is rather recent and yet has been rapidly expanding since the early 2000s within the context of neoliberalization of higher education. It focuses on knowledge production at the master’s degree level, not only because it is considered the primary step in professional and academic expertise, but also because this education level has expanded with the commercialization of universities. With the neoliberal transformation in Turkey, especially since the beginning of the 2000s, the emphasis on university-private sector cooperation in Turkey, foundation (private) universities, and the commercialization of social work have exacerbated. This transformation re-drew the boundaries between scientific and applied knowledge in social work, which has been deprofessionalized and bureaucratized in the context of neoliberalization (Garrett, 2010; Healy &amp; Meagher, 2017; Macias, 2015; Randall &amp; Kindiak, 2008; Rasmussen, 2011; Specht, 1972). At this point, the present research poses the questions related to what social work master’s theses’ numbers, subjects, methods, and cases are, as well as how they are changing at a time when the field of social work expanded in universities in Turkey. These questions were addressed through document analysis of master’s theses in social work published within the 2005-2020 period to reveal the basic features of academic knowledge production in the field of social work in a changing Turkey.There were three stages in the data collection and analyses processes. First, the abstracts and full texts of a total of 674 master’s theses completed in the departments of social work, social services, and social work policies and management were retrieved from the Turkish Higher Education’s Thesis Center. They were examined in terms of descriptive information, such as the names of the university, advisor of the thesis, publishing year, and title. Second, research subjects, spatial case selection, data collection, and analysis methods were used on these compiled theses. Finally, the methodological integrity of these theses was further reviewed by looking at the coherence between their methods and sampling techniques.The findings indicate that, first, the number of master’s thesis in social work skyrocketed, especially after 2016, in line with the escalating number of post-graduate programs in social work in Turkey. However, this quantitative expansion has been experienced with an unequal geographical distribution. Most of the examined theses focused on Istanbul and Ankara, where most of the graduate programs are located. In contrast to the wider tendencies in the internationalization of higher education, the examined theses mainly focused on Turkish-specific cases, with very few incorporating an international or comparative approach.Second, the increasing number of master’s theses in social work brought about a diversity of research areas. While they were limited to a few topics, such as medical and psychiatric social work or family and marriage, topics like working life, children, youth, migration or poverty were recently included in social work master’s theses. This can be related to the multidisciplinary structure of social work departments stemming from the diversifying academic backgrounds of faculty members (Alptekin et.al., 2017, p. 15), as well as the newly emerging areas of employment in social work (Topuz &amp; Öz, 2014, p. 154). Similarly, research methods employed in social work master’s theses have also diversified. During the 2000s, quantitative research was nearly the only approach in social work, whereas in the last decade, qualitative or mixed methods have also become visible.Third, despite the increase in diversity in terms of research areas and methods, the investigation of these master’s theses raised questions about the production of scientific knowledge in social work at universities. As a result of the methodological review of the master’s theses in social work, it is seen that most theses lack basic methodological qualities, such as the correct identification of population and sample and appropriate employment of sampling techniques. The fact that the volume of such deficiencies does not alter according to time, type of university (public or private), or geography indicates an established low methodological standard among social work master’s thesis completed between 2005 and 2021 in Turkey. Based on these findings, this study argues that knowledge production in social work at the master’s level has expanded quantitatively and diversified in terms of research areas and methods, while moving away from the foundations of scientific knowledge. It has been bureaucratized through limited research scopes and standardized thesis writing processes, yielding the conclusion that it has transformed into a mass production process.

Bureaucratized Scientific Knowledge Production in the Area of Social Work within the Context of Neoliberalism: Investigation of Master’s Theses Research

Buket

A Review of Discrimination and Labeling of Refugees Using the Example of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees

Utkan

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG 10) seek to reduce inequalities within and between countries UN Türkiye, 2023). Countries have their own unique historical, social, cultural, and economic characteristics. In addition, currency fluctuations and the multiple data gathering and reporting methods contribute to this complexity. Learning from other countries’ experiences is difficult while trying to set a policy against income distribution inequality in a country.A list of measures is found for assessing income distribution inequality, and graphing methods involve frequency distributions, areto’s Law of Income Distribution, and Lorenz curves. Meanwhile, statistical methods include relative mean deviations, the coefficient of variation, the Gini coefficient, and the Palma Ratio.The most common measure of income distribution inequality is the Gini coefficient, with an ideal distribution corresponding to zero and total inequality corresponding to one. The Gini coefficient has no correlation to gross domestic product (GDP). The United States of America has a higher GDP than Türkiye, but both countries have similar Gini coefficients around 0.39-0.40.Income distribution inequality has grown from 0.50 in 1820 to 0.65 in 2010 (Hayes, 2022). The European Union reports an average Gini of 0.30 for Europe and 0.43 for Türkiye in 2021 (Europe Sustainable Development Solutions, 2022).Inequalities are related to development. The New Economics Foundation (NEF) set fıve pillars for explaining the wealth gap: 1) initial conditions (inheritance), 2) childhood (early access to mature health and education services), 3) external (globalization, liberalization), 4) national economy (structure, sectoral view), and 5) policy-taxes (government intention and tax system).This study uses a simulation to consider all the critical system interdependencies, constraints, complexities, and variability, with convenience being had in comparing scenarios involving low-risk, low-cost ways, causes, and/or cures to real-life problems (Berger, 2022).Goldratt Research Labs provided the programWealth Gap Simulator (v 1.2.4), a discrete event- and agent-based hybrid simulator. Its purpose is to test basic strategies in the quest to reduce the wealth gap (Goldratt Research Labs, 2023).The simulator uses three main structures: non-zero-sum wealth, zero-sum wealth with capped gains/losses, and zero-sum wealth with uncapped gains/losses (Goldratt Research Labs, 2023). In a non-zero-sum wealth structure, the total wealth of the simulated population can increase or decrease. This is a representation of free trade and capital mobility. In a zero-sum-wealth structure, the total wealth is conserved. This is similar to closed economies that prevent capital diffusions. “Capped” refers to limiting gains and losses from any trade transaction based on the involved minimum wealth. Similarly, “uncapped” refers not to having no limits on gains and losses in trade transactions by following the involved maximum wealth. In this structure, one is able to gain or lose in proportion to one’s wealth.The simulation has several parameters, such as number of traders, enforcement of unique trades, days of trading, capped or uncapped gains/losses, conservation of wealth, wealth tax, and tax redistribution (Goldratt Research Labs, 2023). These are the common ingredients in any policy alternative. Governments have a chance to assess their policy alternative using the simulation prior to a full-scale implementation.This study will test these parameters as scenarios-per-structure to assess the effect on the Gini coefficient. The number of traders has no effect on the Gini coefficient. The longer the days of trading, the higher the Gini coefficient becomes.Wealth tax is beneficial only if a part of the collected tax is redistributed to the poorest 20%. Increasing the transferred amount or switching to the poorest 50% or greater has no positive effect on the Gini coefficient. Saving poor people from the consequences of losses, especially in their first days of trade, is more effective than limiting gains to reduce the Gini coefficient.This study proposes a schedule that includes a short-term shock program, gradual increase of the wealth tax to 20%-50%, and a transfer of 20% of the obtained fund to the poorest 20% in order to reduce the inequality of the income distribution. Attention has been drawn to questions that are useful for contributing to decision-makers and for discussing on the political agenda.The following is a list of questions for future researchers. Could Türkiye leave NATO or the customs union? Could Türkiye reduce the budget of its Ministry of Defense? Could Türkiye go bankrupt? Do any of these options help reduce Türkiye’s Gini coefficient? Is there a reasonable target for a Gini coefficient? Is continuing to support the poorest segments forever sustainable?

Reducing the Wealth Gap with a Simulation-Based Proposal

Murat

The research on civil society and civil society organizations has had a long history. However, it also draws attention as a subject that has been increasingly addressed in recent years. In this respect, civil society and their respective organizations constitute an important field of study regarding social policy, because the qualitative and quantitative status of civil society is accepted as an indicator of the development of countries and societies. Although some issues occur that cannot be unanimously defined, civil societal understandings have developed by being shaped around certain cultural values in the lives of societies. In other words, the forms of organization that these understandings bring with them are inevitably formed with various qualities that change from one country to another. In this respect, the Federal Republic of Germany is a remarkable country. Comparative studies have characterized Germany as a model country regarding its welfare state classifications and categorization of civil society regimes. As a matter of fact, the social policy and welfare state approach that forms the basis of the social structure in Germany has also affected civil society organizations socioeconomically and legally and is an important factor in how they are positioned.In line with this, this study aims to determine the current situation of the understanding and organization of civil society in Germany. The main question here is how Germany is categorized as a country in civil society regimes and where is the situation heading. Therefore, this study examines the understanding and organization of civil society in Germany as one of the most politically and socioeconomically important countries in the world from the perspective of the transformation of social 	policy-welfare state understandings and makes an assessment of the current situation in the country.As in the rest of the world in recent years, the quantitative and qualitative development of organized civil society in Germany has received much attention. The political authorities are interested in various studies and practices and have supported the development of civil society through specific regulations. The analysis this study conducts shows that the first types of civil society organizations in German society in the modern sense were encountered in the 19th century. In this respect, a growing interest is seen to have occurred, one that has been intensifying since the 1990s. Germany can be said to have an above-average position in the world ranking in this regard, and its statistics that reveal the understanding of civil society to have developed through gradual diversification over the years is an indication of this. Unfortunately, no exact number can be given regarding the number of civil society organizations there, which are said to have increased especially after the German unification in 1990. However, research conducted in recent years helps to understand the volunteering and institutional infrastructure of civil society. In this context, both volunteerism and the number of civil society organizations (currently more than 656,000) have increased in Germany.Research on the understanding and organization of civil society in different countries shows that Germany is positioned differently from the Anglo-Saxonworld and from Scandinavian countries, aswell as its classification of social policy and existence as awelfare state. It is seen that the relations between non-governmental organizations and the state in Germany are strong and a corporatist approach is adopted. The fact that Germany is seen as one of the models of a corporatist welfare state in which civil society actors play an important role in the welfare mix actually indicates the presence of a wide space for civil society organizations alongside the state, especially regarding the provision of social services and practices to those concerned. First of all, this is the manifestation of the social policy-social state approach that developed in relation to the construction process of the German national state and is nothing more than a path dependency that has developed for over a hundred years.In Germany, the reforms in the welfare state and especially the social changes caused by demographic developments in recent years have produced important results by affecting the preferences of those in civil society organizations. The civil society organization has shown a growth trend simultaneously accompanied by a structural transformation. This is because the increase in non-profit limited liability companies and the trend toward the informalization of civil society participation has simultaneously paved the way for the weakening of the corporatist institutional foundations of the German civil society understanding. In other words, organized civil society in Germany has grown, and its main characteristic is transformation. The German civil society regime must therefore also seek a position in the context of the transformation of social policies and the welfare state. In this context, these societies can evolve partly toward a liberal civil society regime. This is because the increasing tendency toward ‘corporatization’ and ‘professionalization’ in civil society organization in Germany in recent years will give more space to the market, as well as in the liberal understanding of the civil society regime.

Civil Society in Germany: Its Conceptualization and Organization

Hasan

Cinematography is a tool used extensively to influence the masses as a soft-power apparatus or as a big industry. In view of its universality in regards to the political, social, cultural, and economic messages conveyed to the audiences, cinema (i.e., movies) have been the subject for many scholars from different scientific fields. In particular, cinema has converted into a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural academic discipline in the social sciences over the last few decades. This has also been the case for scholars with expertise on topics such as labor studies, labor relations, labor economics, and social policy. The reason behind this reality is the fact that cinema involves socially realistic themes such as disadvantaged groups, labor movements, immigration, labor history, unionism, political disputes, industrialization, the problems of urbanization, cold war, and economic issues including economic crisis and reflects those sorts of issues directly into scenes. In addition, workers in the cinema sector and their problems with wages, conflicts with capital owners, unionistic struggles, and collective bargaining procedurals are other things that will be taken into account on the basis of cinema’s correlation with labor studies. Therefore, cinema has become the fundamental focus for labor scholars.Using the content analysis method, this article investigates the main dynamics of labor markets such as Akhi principles (the relationship between master and apprenticeship), agricultural capitalism and its laborers, trade unionism, labor consciousness, and the conflict between capitalism and socialism based on the movie İftarlik Gazoz (Aksu, 2016). The movie is about the economic as well as political outcomes of the military coups that took place in Türkiye in the 1980s within the context of the dramatic life story of Adem. While elucidating on the tragic events in the aftermath of these military coups, the movie clarifies the particular economic and political conditions of the era for a province in the Aegean Sea in line with the labor market dynamics that are stated well in advance. From this perspective, the movie can be referenced as an absolute panorama of social realistic happenings at the onset of the 1980s. The master-and-apprenticeship relationship between Cibar Usta, the seller of Turkish mineral water, and Adem, a primary school student, signifies the principles of the Akhi organization, whose roots date back to the 13th century in Anatolia. Sevket Aga, who possesses large acres of tobacco land, serves as a reference to capitalism in agriculture, while the unionizing efforts of Hasan, Sevket Aga’s son, regarding agricultural laborers signals the reality of trade unions. Again, Hasan’s academic struggles to make Adem into an intellectual man shed light on the issue of labor consciousness. Lastly, Cibar Usta’s challenges to combat large capital owners within the beverage sector demonstrates the conflicts between socialism and capitalism.The paper contributes to the literature in various ways. First and foremost, associating labor studies and the issues of labor relations (e.g., trade unionism, collective bargaining, socialism vs. capitalism, arbitration, mediation, strikes, labor vs. capital, lockouts) with cinematography is a contemporary approach that has gained great momentum over the last few years. This method has paved the way for overlapping theory with practice, which also accelerates students’ learning capabilities, especially for intangible concepts in the social sciences, and enriches teaching environments. Within this context of the principles of learning and teaching, visual and audial magic comes to the fore in how it stimulates learning and diversifies teaching. This strategy has also led to multidisciplinary and joint works that offer new insights for labor relations as an academic discipline.Meanwhile, the paper has several restrictions. Initially, the paper just analyzes a movie; however, more than one film could be subjected to academic analyses; this would result in more generalizable outcomes. Future researchers can be recommended to enlarge the scope of the analysis and utilize new software programs like Maxqda, Nvivo or Atlas for analyzing qualitative data.

Four Themes and a Movie: Searching for Labor and Its Footprints in Cinematography

Sayım

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Ageing Population and Elderly Care in the Context of Rural-Urban Relations: The Case of Kastamonu and Sinop

Şükriye

A lifestyle in which work is at the center of daily life and social relations are knitted around work is a turning point that occurred in the modern period. Since the modern period, work has been considered an indispensable action both individually and socially. When looking at premodern societies, we can see that work is at the opposite end of the spectrum of freedom. The association of labor with freedom is one of the crucial pillars of the developments that has made the modern perception of work a watershed moment in human history (Peksan, 2021, p. 320). The connection and the relationship established between labor and freedom were effective in regaining the lost value of work. The evaluations of classical social theorists on working life have the characteristic of being a field where the relationship between labor and freedom can be revealed. Based on discussions in classical social theory, the main goal of this article is to develop an inquiry into the possibility of considering the concepts of labor and freedom together. To that end, this article attempted to examine how thinkers’ theoretical perspectives are reflected in the work-freedom equation by examining the relationship that each founding sociologist has established between labor and freedom in the light of the course of freedom and work in human thought.In According to Marx, it is impossible to talk about the liberating nature of an activity if it is conducted to meet the necessary needs and the boundaries of this work are determined by others. Because the area of freedom that exists beyond economic rationality should be sought outside of the realm of material production. Marx associates wage labor, which began with the emergence of a capitalist society, with unfree and subjugated labor. In this context, this is the first point where the relationship between labor and freedom in Marx can be explained. To Marx, labor can transform a person into a free individual, just as it is possible to transform him into a proletarian working under the yoke of others.In Weber, the theme of rationalization is crucial in revealing the relationship that can be established between freedom and labor. Weber considered bureaucratic management style to be one of the rational behaviors. In the interpretation of a free contract, which is one of the fundamental principles of bureaucratic management, whether both the worker and the employer are recognized as free individuals remains unclear (Weber, 2005, p. 54). In bureaucratic organizational structures, the fact that relations become monotonous by depersonalizing restricts freedom. Weber is concerned that the widespread bureaucratization will erode individual liberties (Turhan, 2014, p. 263). Weber’s ideas, which view choice as the most fundamental feature of modernity, provide another argument for the relationship that can be established between labor and freedom. According to Weber (2011, p. 163), the idea of profession and Puritan morality is the founding elements of the capitalist spirit. Moreover, he contended that the concept of professional obligation based on religious foundations leads to a new lifestyle.&nbsp;The main question Durkheim (2014) is interested in is how social solidarity is increasing despite the modern individual’s independence from society and gaining some autonomy. As an individual gains autonomy, he becomes more intricately connected to society. The division of labor increases the individual’s autonomy. In this context, greater division of labor implies greater social solidarity. Moreover, in traditional societies individual freedom is hampered by the transmission of professions from generation to generation. For Durkheim, in the relationship between the division of labor and freedom, freedom is liberation from collective consciousness.When the historical development of the relationship between labor and freedom is examined, it is clear that the comments of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim fit the mission of restoring the lost value of 19th-century social thought to labor. Labor is a possibility for freedom for Marx, who seeks freedom beyond economic rationality. Durkheim defined freedom as man’s liberation from social consciousness through his profession. Although modern individual gains independence from society, he also contributes to social solidarity. In modern society, individuals are free to make choices, depending on the increase in opportunities. One of these freedoms is the free contract understanding that fits the bureaucratic organizational structure. However, Weber is concerned that, although rationalization and rationality create an environment conducive to productivity growth, increasing bureaucratic structures will create a kind of iron cage for modern society.&nbsp;

The Relationship between Labor and Freedom in Classical Social Theory

Fatih

The concept of disability is a relatively new concept due to having been evaluated from the framework in which it is currently handled. The point the concept has currently reached also reflects the current point of view. However, the view toward the disabled has passed through many phases throughout history and faced many conceptualizations in line with these perspectives. The proposed concept itself remains a matter of debate these days. When one considers the concept in terms of the social sciences, one sees the reflections of the production and productivity-oriented human perception that the economy-centered world that became evident after the 18𝑡 ℎ century has imposed on people. In general, an examination of the literature shows the studies to have mostly focused on the practices for the disabled and their life experiences. While the importance of these studies is undeniable, every practice obviously still has a philosophical background, and ignoring this background will make understanding the target of the practices that have been put forward difficult. As a matter of fact, seeing how the perspective transformation, as provided by the social model that has been put forward as a criticism of the medical model, in terms of the rights those with disabilities have gained has changed the field, and the practices will facilitate understanding what this article is stating. In this respect, presenting the issue through the dimension and philosophy of the social sciences will be shown to be very important in terms of understanding and analyzing the practical problems that currently stand before society. Understanding the destination of the concept of disability is only possible by revealing the concept’s past. Meanwhile, the historical transformation of the concept has not happened independent of the change and transformation that has occurred in Western thought and social order. In other words, the view toward the disabled is a part of the Western view of the person as a whole. Looking closely at Western thought in this context will show the main axis that constitutes the transformation of the individual view to have been shaped within the framework of economic usefulness in a thought process that goes from the divinely created individual and nature to an individual who is a part of nature formed as a result of coincidences. However, the definition of a human only as an economic instrument within the framework of homo-economicus has brought many problems together in the historical process.Finally, placing this picture before the reader and discussing the possibility of a new world will perhaps be able to contribute to a better understanding of the problem. The main problem here is that a type of society in which economics is not fundamental is off the agenda. If the world can establish the explicability of a model of society where economics is not the main element, then socially integrating the structures that are referred to as disadvantaged people, women, children, and the elderly will become a little easier. This is because in a competitive system, one’s value is directly proportional to one’s productivity. One’s value is not self-evident but is related to the demand had for that individual. In particular, the perspective put forward in the educational processes that shape people needs to be criticized, because at the point that has been currently reached, even education has been and is being organized in a way that meets the needs of the market economy. Clearly a weakening is seen to be present in how the individual who has grown up in this education system perceives society. This weakness in perception reveals itself in the attempt to solve the problem along its own axis. Individuals who design themselves in line with the needs of the market economy are faced with a feeling of worthlessness when they fail, because modern individuals experience a career-centered construction process in a rush that has turned into a marathon, traumatically involving them in the competitive system without them even being aware and with a pathological anxiety. The career-centered individual has turned into a project of the self. Individuals who cannot adapt to the system feel helpless, because sociological reality surrounds them. Capital, which has already globalized and crosses borders, has also reached an uncontrollable level that threatens states. Capital will want to flow in terms of its structure and will see all the elements that are likely to prevent this as its enemy. This is because experience has shown that no transformation favoring people has taken place in the economy-centered world shaped by the Industrial Revolution, despite all the capital and the market economy.&nbsp;

A Sociohistorical Reading on the Position of Disabled Individuals in the Grip of Modernization and the Market Economy

Cihangir

Poverty is one of the most significant problems mankind has experienced for such a long time and has currently reached its peak in places where industrialization and urbanization are intense. The problem of poverty is an important obstacle to social integration. In particular, the problems poverty creates, such as inequality of opportunity, insecurity, injustice, and discrimination, are the catalysts for social exclusion. Social exclusion is defined as being removed from social resources and opportunities, having inadequate participation in society, and being socially disadvantaged in society. Of course, children are among the most vulnerable population groups at risk of social exclusion. Suffering from poverty and being exposed to social exclusion during childhood adversely affect children’s health and physical, emotional, mental, and social development; it restricts their access to educational services and prevents them from establishing healthy social relationships with society. In addition, social exclusion has long-term effects on children by causing a scarring effect. Among the long-term effects are issues such as insufficient social and cultural capital, impaired social functionality, low social participation, difficulty participating in employment, lack of social security, social pathologies, and low participation in the decision-making mechanism.When looking at the relationship between poverty and social exclusion, some views see poverty as the cause of social exclusion, others express how social exclusion is a broader concept covering poverty, other even see social exclusion and poverty to be equivalent, and other views even state the relationship between social exclusion and poverty to be complex. In other words, no consensus is found regarding the views on the relationship between poverty and social exclusion. What is essential that both cases negatively affect vulnerable groups that include children. However, studies revealing the relationship between social exclusion and poverty in children are limited in Turkey. From this point of view, the aim of the article is to reveal the relationship between poverty and social exclusion in children.Many components stand out at the intersection of social exclusion and poverty in children. Both of them reproduce the disadvantaged state by being transferred from generation to generation, causing damage to social functionality, depriving children of social security and social protection, limiting children’s access to public services (especially education and health services), reducing the opportunities for participation in the workforce by preventing children from developing their cultural and social capital, preventing children from living in healthy housing conditions and having a child-friendly environment, causing social pathologies that affect children, and limiting their participation in decision-making mechanisms. Ultimately, poverty and social exclusion in children reproduce children’s disadvantages through the scarring they cause and the effects of learned helplessness on children.Türkiye has taken some steps to combat poverty and social exclusion in children. Social Services Law No. 2828 and Child Protection Law No. 5395 appear as important legislative provisions. Within the scope of medium-term programs, objectives are found under the title of Social Inclusion and the Fight Against Poverty, such as preparing a social protection system that protects children from social exclusion, increasing accessibility to public services, and ensuring social integration. The Social and Economic Support Service aims to keep children in school and thus support their participation in the workforce, which is an important step in the fight against poverty and social exclusion in children. In addition to legislation and practices, institutions are also found that aim to protect children from social exclusion. The Social Cohesion Department undertakes tasks such as increasing children’s social cohesion and protecting them from problems that may harm their or their family’s well-being. In addition, youth centers aim to protect children from social exclusion by directing them to cultural, sporting, artistic, social, and scientific activities. However, these aforementioned legislations, practices, and institutions cannot be said to produce permanent solutions. The need exists for policies, practices, and institutions that focus on solutions more than the problems, that aim at social peace and welfare, and that make those who experience the problem the leading actor in the solution.

The Other Side of Poverty: Social Exclusion in Children

Selin

Res. Assist.

Büşra

Sustainable development in recent years has become a topic that is discussed globally. Increasing economic and social inequalities have made sustainable development the subject of study in economic and social fields. Sustainable development has three dimensions (i.e., economic, social, and environmental); however, this study will evaluate its social and economic dimensions in terms of family policies and social services. Economic sustainability involves the increase in production and capital. Meanwhile, the social dimension of sustainable development refers to meeting the basic needs of individuals and societies and providing access to services. When considering the changing population structure alongside economic and social inequalities, the provided services gain importance in terms of their effects on individuals and especially families for achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Family policies are an important component of social policy and are considered to entail all services such as health, employment, income distribution regulation, women, children, foster family programs, housing policies, and family planning. Although changes have occurred in the family structure compared to previous years, factors such as migration and the presence of elderly and disabled individuals in the family are treated as situations that should be considered when planning for family services. Identifying and meeting the psychosocial and economic needs of families is important for achieving SDGs. In this context, public and local government services are an important tool in the provision of family-oriented services. Social services for families in Türkiye are handled by the Ministry of Family and Social Services, while services for work life and employment are carried out under the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Ministries such as the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of National Education also play an important role in providing complementary services to families.Policies towards family in Türkiye are shaped alongside international and national legislation and development plans, with social services for families being carried out within the scope of the General Directorate of Family and Community Services, the General Directorate of Services for the Disabled and Elderly, the General Directorate of Social Assistance, the General Directorate of Child Services, and the General Directorate on the Status of Women. The social service centers established under the Ministry of Family and Social Services (ASHB) have an important place in providing education and counseling services for families. Social service centers are a community-based service that provide interventions suitable for the purposes of social work, especially for children, young people, women, and disabled and elderly people. Services are also found for children such as adoptions, foster families, education, and health benefits. In terms of ensuring economic and social sustainability, the issue of women’s participation in social and economic life maintains its importance. Poverty and the fact that women’s participation rates in work life are lower than men’s are important problem areas in services for women. The field of the elderly and disabled has been another issue that needs to be addressed in terms of sustainable development. The increasing rate of the elderly population in Türkiye and in the world has also become an important issue in terms of sustainable development. When examining the services that are provided for disabled people within the scope of family policies, the responsibility for the care of the disabled at home in Türkiye is seen to mostly fall on the family and the female family members. With globalization and the changes in social and economic life, the role and responsibilities of local governments and municipalities are increasing so as to meet individuals’ needs.In summary, sustainable development has 17 sub-objectives, some of these being reducing poverty and hunger and increasing gender equality and solidarity. Increasing poverty and the related social and economic injustices around the world are closely related to social services, and the social and economic dimensions of sustainable development are interrelated. The negative impact of economic development also negatively affects social development. Individuals who live below the minimum living standard economically are at a disadvantage with regard to being able to meet their basic living needs. When evaluating family policies in Türkiye, studies should be conducted on the three functions of social work: protective-preventive, rehabilitative, and transformative-developing. The social services that are provided to families should be evaluated not only in terms of quantity but also in terms of quality, and family policies should be developed by ensuring the participation of those benefiting from social services.

Evaluating Family Policies in Türkiye in Terms of Sustainable Development and Social Services

Mustafa

Both quantitative and qualitative data are currently found to demonstrate that Türkiye has evolved into a society primarily comprised of wage earners. By reflecting trends seen in OECD countries, women in Türkiye, notably in the service sector, can be observed to be actively engaged as wage earners. However, within developing nations such as Türkiye, both formal and extensively informal employment structures prevail. Scholars widely agree that Türkiye aligns with the Southern European and Mediterranean welfare regimes. Familism, which is prevalent in Türkiye’s welfare system, leads to categorizing women in this regime as homemakers and is significantly influenced by cultural norms. Familism stands as a common resource from which employed women in Türkiye can benefit, albeit the impact may vary across diverse occupational profiles.This study focuses on 36 married women with children employed as wage earners primarily within the service sector across 12 different cities in Türkiye who operate within the framework of the familism welfare system. Employing a mixed research method, this research seeks to analyze the female participants’ similarities and differences using quantitative data concerning socio-demographic, socio-economic, and childcare tasks. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate how women perceive the double burden that includes childcare supported by family members, and their experiences concerning the work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study analyzed the quantitative data using data reduction techniques such as hierarchical clustering and the k-means method through the program SPSS 25.0. Subsequently, the study interpreted the qualitative data obtained from respondents alongside the derived clusters derived, thus allowing for the identification of congruences and inconsistencies between the quantitative and qualitative findings.The study’s introduction presents both quantitative and qualitative data in order to explore Türkiye’s transition to a society dominated by wage earners, the formation and growth of the service sector in which wage earners are predominantly active and the female employment rate. The study first outlines the literature concerning female employment within Türkiye’s familism welfare system before discussing the policies aimed at balancing work and life in Türkiye. The subsequent section delves into the analysis of the respondents’ quantitative data using hierarchical clustering and the k-means method, resulting in the classification of 36 female respondents into six distinct clusters. Lastly, the study connects the identified six occupational clusters with the qualitative data, revealing the congruences and discrepancies.The analysis of the data reveals Clusters 1 and 2, which are separate from each other but have similar occupational and educational profiles, to be common at the level of discourse. The representatives of these two groups have a relatively feminist consciousness, are supported by their family members regarding childcare and housework, and benefit from the social security the state provided during the pandemic as public sector employees. Even though the quantitative analysis reveals a distinction among the female respondents of Clusters 3, 4, 5, and 6, these respondents can be seen to have a strong tendency toward viewing employment as a double burden, namely as a duty and obligation or as an unbearable obligation. At the same time, the act of being employed has an emancipatory function for the respondents from Clusters 1 and 2, while the members of the other clusters do not perceive being employed as emancipatory due to the negative work conditions. However, due to the weakness of the welfare state and the high care rates in the market, informal care (i.e., balancing the burden of care with family resources) is still widespread due to women doing unpaid domestic work in Türkiye.All the women who were interviewed had faced either advantages or disadvantages regarding access to State-provided social security coverage during the pandemic; this viewpoint being based on whether they were employed in the public sector, private sector, or self-employed. Throughout the pandemic, public sector jobs did not result in job or wage insecurity, unlike employment in the private sector, which carried a potential risk of job loss or income reduction. On the other hand, self-employment was seen to correspond to a level of security midway between the other two job types. The study’s findings show that the positive and negative effects of the social security system, which has an unequal corporatist structure that provides unequal benefits to citizens in Türkiye, also had adverse effects on working women during the pandemic.As a result, the study finds that some of the female respondents have a feminist consciousness, while others have a mentality that reproduces the patriarchal mentality. Furthermore, for almost all female respondents, family resources represent a fundamental compensatory resource for childcare tasks. While female respondents working in the paid public sector benefited greatly from social security during the pandemic, the social security of the female respondents working in the private sector was found to be more fragile.

A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works

Aykut

Gazanfer

Decades may need to pass before immigrants are accepted by and integrate with the society they have entered. During these decades, urban tensions and conflicts are experienced between the local population and immigrants to varying degrees and for various reasons, thus affecting social cohesion. In addition, refugee and immigrant policy is one of the most discussed issues in countries’ politics. The phenomenon of migration comes to the fore as part of the steps toward securitization and takes on a discourse that includes not only public policies but also society and individuals. The question of how this interaction affects social tension stands out as an important problem. When examining the historical contexts of migration in Türkiye, it is understood to have been a geographical reality in every period, and this provides an important perspective toward illuminating the problematic.The main purpose of this research involves a sociological analysis of how Syrians who have been living in Türkiye for over ten years have experienced social tension in the cities where they have settled. The study’s field research was conducted in some districts and neighborhoods of İzmir and Ankara that have come to the fore through the tensions and conflicts between Syrians and the local population. In addition, Syrians are clustered in repressed inner-city areas and the low-income districts of both big cities. In this context, the study aims to investigate how Syrians experience tense events with the local community in the urban spaces where they live. However, important ideas have been obtained in terms of understanding and overcoming the obstacles in front of the experiences they undergo.&nbsp;In this context, two separate field studies have been planned on the subject. The first attempts to understand the reason for the violent judicial incidents that took place in the Altındağ district of Ankara. The study has been conducted through interviews in the Konak district of Izmir alongside the data obtained from there. Thus, the main problem statement of the research involves using scientific criteria to understanding the causes of social tension and conflict that are experienced by Syrians. The study is based on qualitative research methods and interviews 14 Syrians. Ethics committee approval has also been obtained for the research with the decision numbered 16 of Dokuz Eylül University Social and Humanities Research and Publication Ethics Board on 01.03.2022.&nbsp;As a result of the research and its sociological examination of social tension, the themes related to economic, environmental, and social reasons are understood to be important in both research regions. The results obtained in the province of İzmir, where the last steps of the research occurred are presented in Table 1. In this context, the research focuses on how Syrians experience social tension using their observations and experiences regarding the environment in which they live; the study conceptualizes the dynamics that affect social tension multi-dimensionally. Both field studies in Ankara and İzmir provinces have concluded the sociocultural characteristics regarding Syrians’ choice of settlement, their concentration in disadvantaged areas, and the emergence of behaviors not accepted by society (e.g., social tension and conflict) are seen to occur in these settlements. Therefore, the social relations the Syrians have established in the settlement not only appear as a part of this whole but also affect the structural factors according to the degree of the social interaction. These also influence the reality of social tension. However, structural discourses expressed through language in terms of structure also cause social tension. This situation stigmatizes and marginalizes individuals through thoughts and expressions. In this respect, a previously conducted study had determined demographic indicators such as gender, age, education level, and economic development to affect social inclusion through macro indicators (Narlı &amp; Özaşçılar, 2020, p. 319). The current study understood that the discourses containing social tension were reflected in the Syrians’ expressions and that the problems that emerged regarding the micro-structural indicators affected the communication process. Therefore, the determination has been made that the barriers in the communication process cannot be considered separately from the micro-structural indicators. In this respect, the findings obtained as a result of the research show that social problems exist in the spatial domain. In addition, the discourses expressed through language in terms of structure deepen these themes. While this situation is reflected in thoughts, approaching immigrants without stigmatizing, or marginalizing them is important in terms of resolving the problems.

A Qualitative Examination of the Reasons for the Reality of Social Tension Experienced by Syrians Under Temporary Protection

Fethi

Information and Communication Workforce Forecasting: Evidence from England

Sude

Ayşe

Betül

Yüsra

Between the job search and decision processes to accept or reject a job offer, an individual offered a position may decline the opportunity due to various reasons. In this study, rejection encompasses all behaviors that conclude the job process, including refusal to apply for recommended open job position, withdrawal of a submitted application, failure to attend a job interview, or refusal of a job offer made by an employer. The key point is that the concept of rejection exceeds the rejection of a person of a job offer; it also encompasses situations in which the person individual halts a job search or application process before reaching the rejection stage. The study proposes that many reasons or conditions influence this decision.&nbsp;Thus, it aims to establish a scale for identifying the reasons for the decision to reject a job offer. First, a survey instrument was formulated, which received unanimous ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Social and Human Sciences Department of Istanbul University. The research was conducted in Sultanbeyli, which is characteristically a socioeconomically vulnerable population within Istanbul, during a period marked by increasing unemployment, impoverishment due to unpredictable price fluctuations, and challenges in the labor market. The research focuses on individuals aged 18 years and above who are actively seeking employment at prevailing wage levels through local employment service providers in the Sultanbeyli district (Turkish Employment Agency, Sultanbeyli Municipality Career Center, and nearby job referral institutions) who were directed to job opportunities but rejected at least one job offer despite their eligibility. Using the snowball sampling method and the online survey approach, the study recruited 424 participants across four months (from May 2022 to August 2022).&nbsp;The study performed exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses to identify the dimensions of the scale called Reasons for Refusal of Job Seekers to Orient to the Job. Furthermore, EFA employed the varimax rotation technique and principal component analysis to calculate factor loadings and determine under which dimensions such factors were grouped. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated for the reliability analysis of the scale, which were derived from the EFA results and consisted of two factors and 19 items. Finally, to test the reliability of the scale, which resulted from EFA and CFA, the study examined the correlation coefficients between the items and dimensions on the basis of the average scores.&nbsp;Afterward, a valid and reliable scale was developed that comprised two primary dimensions, namely, personal reasons and employer- and job-related reasons, along with 19 items. After analyses, the study analyzed the relationships between the subfactors of the scale, which were positively and significantly correlated with one another. When examining common factor variance and factor loadings of the items, the study observed that the factor loadings of the items in the first dimension ranged from 0.744 to 0.888. Moreover, the first dimension explains 64.983% of variance, while the second dimension accounts for 10.240%.&nbsp;Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, which were calculated for reliability analysis, are .967 and .950 for Factors I and II, respectively. The fit index values obtained via CFA (𝜒 2 /SD = 3.381, RMSEA = 0.75, AGFI = .861, GFI = .891, CFI = .959, NFI = .943, IFI = .959) are within acceptable ranges and represents an appropriate scale model. To assess reliability, the study analyzed the correlation coefficients between the items and average scores of the dimensions. The scale was designed to be used without obtaining a total score; thus, the correlation between each item and average scores of the factors under which they are categorized was examined, which reached &gt;0.70. In summary, the results indicate that the demonstrates a high level of validity.However, the number of items under the two dimensions is unequal; thus, we conducted a comparison between the average scores of the dimensions. The study found that the scale was more prominently related to employer- and job-related factors instead of personal reasons.

Reasons for Refusal to Orient to the Job of Job Seekers: A Scale Development Study

Altan

Huzeyfe

The efficiency of job searching enables a timely match between those who are unemployed and places with job vacancies, thus reducing the long-term unemployment rate. Understanding the job search channels job seekers commonly use is important for helping employers announce vacancies through the appropriate channels and for helping policy makers see the disruptions in job search processes. Which job search channel to choose is partially a function of the job seeker’s personal characteristics, and knowing these determinants better enhances employers’ ability to reach the relevant candidates. This study uses the Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS, 2014-2019) micro data to investigate the relationship between individuals’ characteristics and their choice of job search channel.&nbsp;The HLFS dataset has 13 variables regarding job search channels. These channels can be categorized under two groups: active and passive (Bachmann Baumgarten, 2013). While active job search channels refer to methods where time and effort are spent, passive channels can be defined as those that wait for the results from previous active searches. This study focuses on the active job search channels those seeking paid work use, whether by applying directly to an employer; by looking for a job through friends and relatives; by applying to the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR); by applying to a private employment agency; by looking for job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, or online; by placing or answering advertisements in newspapers; or by taking a job exam or interview. The study estimates the probability of use for each job search channel using the job seekers’ individual characteristics as explanatory variables. The study estimates the separate probit regressions models for each job search channel, with the dependent variable taking a value of 1 if the person uses that job search channel, and a value of 0 otherwise.The study results provide valuable information for policy makers and researchers. To start with, the prevalence of the use of İŞKUR has increased over time. The results from the econometric analysis show this increase over time to also be valid after controlling for the effects of personal characteristics. In this context, İŞKUR can be considered successful in regard to how it extends its services to the unemployed. As of 2019, however, only 41% of those who were unemployed had applied to İŞKUR. Therefore, space remains for improvement with regard to İŞKUR expanding its job and vocational counseling services.The age of the unemployed job seeker is a major determinant in the choice of the job search channel, with individuals over the age of 45 being more likely to search for a job through friends and relatives and less likely to use other job search channels. Older individuals can be expected to have a broader social circle and therefore to be more likely to search for a job through friends and relatives. However, the low probability of using other job search channels may increase the duration these individuals remain unemployed. Hence, usefulness may exist for having İŞKUR increase its efforts to reach this group. The fact that unemployed youths are less likely to apply to İŞKUR compared to the 25-44 age group indicates that efforts to reach this group may also contribute to reducing unemployment among youths. Those with less than a high school-level of education are more likely to search for a job through friends and relatives and less likely to use other channels than those with higher levels of education. The results also show women to be more likely to apply to İŞKUR and private employment offices compared to men and to be less likely to apply to employers directly or search through their friends.&nbsp;Those who are unemployed and who have just entered the labor market after finishing their studies are more likely to apply to private employment offices such as online platforms or to monitor job advertisements; however, they are less likely to apply to İŞKUR. This indicates that recent graduates have sufficient knowledge about searching for work online but to not have sufficient awareness of İŞKUR’s services. Informing students about İŞKUR’s job placement services prior to their graduation may help recent graduates find a job more easily. One alternative explanation implies that the job opportunities available through İŞKUR may not address new graduates. Another channel that new graduates are relatively less likely to use is looking for work through friends and relatives. This may be affected by the fact that new graduates have no experience in the labor market nor a sufficient environment. Expanding and supporting internship practices in education programs can enable students to gain experience in the labor market as well as expand their network.

Determinants of the Probability of Using Job Search Channels: An Application for Turkey

Ersin

The present study was prompted by the emergent popularity of remote working methods and flexible work arrangements during the pandemic, which resulted in the recognition of the concept of the gig economy in the relevant literature. Therefore, the first section of the study examines the definitions of the gig economy and its impact on workers and societies. Subsequently, the worldwide&nbsp;prevalence of the gig economy is discussed taking into account its benefits and drawbacks. Finally, the paper presents the findings and results of the study, which was conducted via bibliometric analysis.The bibliometric analysis section details the results of the study. The study data used were obtained from the Web of Science database. The data comprised articles from journals indexed in the Web of Science between 2010 and 2021. More than 2,500 articles related to the concept of the gig economy concept were examined during the study, which aimed to answer the following questions:1.How is research on the gig economy distributed based on publication categories? 2.What interest trends do publications on the gig economy display over the years? 3.How are research citations on the gig economy distributed across countries? 4.How are institutions researching the gig economy distributed? 5.How do keywords cluster in research conducted on the gig economy?The study offers insights into the distribution, trends, and key contributors of research on the gig economy and elucidates the overall domain.Certain limitations of this study must be acknowledged. First, the study focused only on the Web of Science database for data collection. Other databases or sources could contain relevant articles that were not included in the present analysis. Second, the search was conducted based on the specific search term “gig economy.” Studies that used different terminology or focused on related concepts could thus have been excluded. Third, a limited time frame between 2014 and 2022 was selected for the study. This range could have omitted earlier or more recent publications that could offer additional insights.These drawbacks should be considered when the results of the present study are interpreted and its findings are generalized. Prospective studies can expand the scope by including multiple databases, using broader search terms, and considering wider time frames to more comprehensively apprehend and illuminate the gig economy.The present study’s findings reveal that the gig economy concept has rapidly attained popularity in recent years, which has resulted in a significant increase in the number of relevant articles in the literature. Developed economies such as the United States, United Kingdom, and China evince the most cited articles and exhibit the highest publication output on this subject. The concept is primarily discussed in the domains of ındustrial relations and management. Additionally, in the context of Turkey, six publications and five citations were found in relation to the gig economy, with corresponding link strength of 33 units. Therefore, limited research on the gig economy has thus far been conducted in Turkey, indicating the need for further studies in this field.Increasing digitization and the widespread use of social networks contribute to the development of a new economic model known as the gig economy. This concept is particularly prominent in the fields of industrial relations and management and is examined within an interdisciplinary framework that includes sociology, law, and economics. However, the growing number of studies on this topic has also caused conceptual confusion. Therefore, the present study performed a bibliometric review to compile and analyze scholarly investigations on the gig economy and present their important findings. The study intended specifically to bridge the conceptual gap in the Turkish literature on the gig economy and offer directions for future research endeavors.The gig economy is widely studied in the Anglo–Saxon tradition, particularly in countries such as the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada. However, countries like India and China also demonstrate significant positions in this domain. Universities such as Oxford, Sydney, Cambridge, and Melbourne evince great interest in researching the gig economy. The bibliometric analyses revealed another prominent study area labeled “conceptual co-occurrence.” Therefore, the analysis of conceptual co-occurrence is an important topic for prospective studies. The present study’s analysis of conceptual co-occurrence observed that the term gig economy is often referenced in tandem with the idea of platforms and the sharing economy.

GIG Economy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Merve

Hybrid Employees Approaches Toward Hybrid Working and the Work-Life Balance: A Field Study

Gökhan

Belemir

In the 21st century, developments in technology have increased exponentially, and many changes have occurred worldwide. In addition, significant investments have been made in artificial intelligence and autonomous robot technology, and great advances have been made in many areas. This prevalence is expected to grow exponentially in the coming periods, and the investments made are expected to increase further in the coming years. The main reason for this prevalence is that artificial intelligence is now seen in all areas of our daily lives and can be used in many areas. Researchers suggested that artificial intelligence may surpass human intelligence in the coming years and become a threat to humans. All these developments may profoundly affect the working life. The acceleration of automation, particularly in parallel with artificial intelligence and autonomous robots, forced the balance in the labor market to change and increased productivity considerably compared with previous years. The increase in productivity with machines connected to artificial intelligence has increased the concerns of the workforce to serious dimensions. The reason is that although the demand for labor has decreased, the demand for autonomous robots and machines with artificial intelligence has increased. Moreover, the robot stock has renewed a new record with 3.5 million units only in 2023, and these records will increase exponentially every year. All these developments have increased concerns about the employability, social security, and stability of the welfare level of individuals. Therefore, the risk of a decrease in the demand for the labor factor owing to automation has led to the introduction of universal basic income as a social policy proposal. In this context, the study aims to examine whether universal basic income can serve as a tool that allows individuals to survive in situations of high automation, assume the role of insurance against hardship, and make society and the economy function greatly.&nbsp;From this perspective, universal basic income is defined as regular cash transfers offered to all citizens living in the country or region, without any conditions. A basic income, which is expected to play a protective role against the risk of technological unemployment, is expected to keep the purchasing power of individuals in balance and increase the demand for goods and services. In addition, individuals can take entrepreneurial risks easily because they have a basic income, which provides them with confidence. In this context, in many pilot studies, particularly in developing countries, individuals and households with a basic income can take entrepreneurial risks easily and that they encourage people to work. In addition, owing to the economic freedom that individuals have partially provided, a basic income enabled them to choose the job they wanted and increased productivity on a parallel scale. Moreover, a basic income contributes to poverty reduction owing to its role as insurance. Again, many studies showed that when the incomes of poor individuals meet their basic needs, the tendency of absolute poverty decreases.&nbsp;Although universal basic income provides a positive environment for social protection, poverty, and economic balance based on unemployment, it is still intensely discussed. Moreover, referendums are held in many countries, and it is not yet implemented on a definite scale. Despite all these objections, the idea of universal basic income is expected to be in line with technological developments and be proposed as the potential solution to possible problems from the labor market to social life. From this perspective, this paper is structured with three main sections. The first part theoretically discusses the concept of artificial intelligence and its development and examines its historical process. The second part evaluates in detail the effect of artificial intelligence and its autonomous robots on employment. Finally, the third part discusses the advantages of and objections to universal basic income as a social policy measure to counter the possible destructive effects of technology.&nbsp;

Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Employment: Universal Basic Income as a Social Policy Measure

Naim

The vast majority of societies are made up of workers who sell their labor to employers in exchange for wages to survive. Wage policies affect more than just workers’ living conditions. These policies also have a direct impact on social welfare and peace. As a result, employee wage policies are an important topic of agenda with individual and social consequences. In this study, wage policies implemented in Türkiye in recent years were examined by considering the subjectivity of various segments of the labor force. Findings reveal the two main facts that stand out in our country’s wage policies. The first is that the minimum wage has become the average wage and that all wage levels have been trending downward. The second fact is that the Turkish Statistical Institute can use inflation measurements to determine wage policies, and these measurements have meaning beyond being a macroeconomic indicator. Furthermore, the study revealed the increasing distrust toward the inflation measurements of the Turkish Statistical Institute and the concrete reasons for this skepticism. The focus has been on the fact that the Turkish Statistical Institute has ceased to publish the item price list as of June 2022. This has fueled criticism of the Turkish Statistical Institute, which announced it continuously between January 2003 and May 3, 2022. The wage policies in the collective bargaining agreements of the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions, Hak-Is Trade Union Confederation, and Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey member trade unions were investigated in the study after all of these evaluations. This study used the document analysis method and examined the articles regulating wage increases in collective bargaining agreements concluded by 14 different unions that are members of three workers’ confederations in 7 different sectors. This research is unique because there is no study in the literature on the relationship between the collective bargaining policies of trade unions and general wage policies. Furthermore, the variety of collective bargaining agreements contributes to the enrichment of the work. Samples of collective bargaining agreements are those signed after June 3, 2022. This date was chosen because the Turkish Statistical Institute has not published the item price list since that date. Although there were criticisms of the Turkish Statistical Institute’s inflation measurements prior to this date, examining the agreement documents after the date when the Turkish Statistical Institute did not disclose the data that should have been shared with the public due to a court decision made it easier to find answers to the study’s basic questions. Additionally, this research revealed whether the trade unions take into account the justified concerns about the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in the agreements signed after this date. Moreover, the findings determined whether trade unions will be considered a part of the general wage policies that dominate labor relations in Türkiye or whether trade unions have developed policies that can alter the current general wage policies in favor of the masses they represent. These questions were answered by the fact that trade unions are insufficient to protect their members’ economic welfare and can be defined as part of Türkiye’s current wage policies. Trade unions are in a bad situation because of collective bargaining policies that require them to organize a break from the prevailing general wage policies, which is in the best interests of their members and then all employees. Subsequently, this study emphasized that the unions should implement new methods in collective bargaining agreement wage policies to protect the welfare of employees, particularly their members. Galatasaray Sports Club used one of these new method examples in its sponsor agreement. Galatasaray Club signed a 5-year stadium naming rights agreement with a company. The sponsor agreement stated that after the second year of the agreement, the average inflation rates of the institutions of the Turkish Statistical Institute and the Inflation Research Group would be used to determine the sponsorship amount. Finally, the study suggested evaluating inflation calculations other than the measurements of the Turkish Statistical Institute as a method of wage increases, particularly in collective bargaining agreements in private sector workplaces.&nbsp;

The Impact of the Turkish Statistical Institute on Wage Policies in Türkiye: An Evaluation of Trade Unions Using Collective Bargaining Agreement Samples

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Ayşıl

Mehmet

When looking at the development of the work element, it is seen to be a concept that is affected by socioeconomic factors and to be in transformation. The increasing sectoral share of the knowledge economy is seen daily as the basis of the transformation. This transformation constitutes the main subject of the study and emphasizes the fact that the act of working within a limited area is an activity that can also be carried out remotely. With the emergence and development of the activity of remote working, the most used remote working method today is known to be teleworking from home. This method has now created diversified methods, especially teleworking from home. The teleworking method dates back to the 1970s and has spread to large audiences with the COVID-19 pandemic. Teleworking from home is predominantly seen as a working method for white-collar employees and brings with it many benefits and risks. These benefits and threats have been interpreted in different ways by different authors in the literature. In fact, some factors regarding teleworking from home have been considered both benefits and risks. This situation has been observed to create unclear areas in the literature, with one of the leading factors in this uncertainty being occupational health and safety.Although positive opinions have been presented in the literature about occupational health and safety regarding teleworking from home, the dominant opinion is that occupational health and safety is a risk factor for teleworking from home. Despite the positive views, teleworking from home is a way of working that threatens the occupational health and safety of white-collar employees. Teleworking from home is known to be able to eliminate some risks arising from the physical conditions of the workplace for white-collar employees. For example, the factors that may threaten one’s occupational health and safety during the course of going to and from work are not valid for those teleworking from home. However, due to the nature of the work they do, white-collar employees may be exposed to risks while working from home. In other words, situations may arise where the home poses more risks than the workplace.Psychosocial risks and ergonomic risks are important risk factors that white-collar workers are exposed to in terms of occupational health and safety. These risks pose a threat to occupational health and safety while teleworking from home. Psychosocial risks are a little-known dimension of occupational health and safety, but these risks are known to have become more visible and dangerous with the new ways of working. The psychosocial risk factors involve such risks as stress, mobbing, long work hours, and social isolation. Psychosocial risks are also seen to be just as effective when working from home as they are in the workplace, with some psychosocial risks having a more negative effect when teleworking from home.Ergonomic risks are related to issues such as the employee’s work environment, suitability of equipment, and correct working position. Based on these factors, eliminating ergonomic risks does not appear to be possible for employees who work from home compared to working at an office. Ergonomic risks for white-collar workers arise from the work environment and not the workplace. Workplaces are designed to produce and provide services and are subject to legal regulations and measures. As the center of teleworking from home, however, the home is a place designed as employees’ private space. If adequate precautions are not taken and a suitable working environment cannot be provided, inadequate ergonomic conditions experienced when teleworking from home become a significant occupational health and safety risk.This study has been conducted as a compilation and attempts to eliminate the conceptual confusion in the literature between telework and teleworking from home, which are types of remote work. The study also examines studies on the effects teleworking from home have on the occupational health and safety of white-collar employees and includes positive and negative opinions on the subject. Lastly, the study expresses its purpose as the view of teleworking from home being an important issue for the occupational health and safety of white-collar employees and one that contains an element of risk and supports this view with various arguments.

From Remote Work to Telework from Home: Occupational Health and Safety of White-Collar Employees

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Verda

In the present day, the discipline of “social policy” is mainly studied under the departments of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (LEIR) since it includes topics such resolving problems of workers during production and reducing class conflicts. Apart from the departments of “Labour Economics and Industrial Relations,” courses and academic studies on “social policy” are also current in other departments such as social work, sociology, and public administration. Even though the development of social policy in Turkey is mainly covered by two prominent schools (Istanbul University and Ankara University), there are different opinions on the matter. The present study analyses the outlook of the academic projection of “social policy,” which has a long-standing tradition within the context of graduate theses. Narrowly defined, social policy aims to eliminate the conflicts, imbalances, and conflicts of interest that arise between employers and workers in the capitalist order, to harmonize between classes and to address the problems of industrial societies. Broadly defined however, social policy refers to studies that deal with issues of all social groups, covering common areas and producing solutions to problems. Social policy, which is one of the fundamental fields of the Labour Economics and Industrial Relations discipline, has spread to areas such as labour markets, labour, social security law, human resource management, sociology of work and organizational management, and work psychology.Difficult to define and limit, the scope of “social policy” is quite broad. In its fullest sense, it encompasses all policies aimed at making changes in the social structure. Even though its course of development differs from one country to another, the concept of social policy was influenced by the Industrial Revolution and conditions at that time and, in time, has become a scientific discipline. Its main feature can be defined as the aim of maintaining the continuity of the economic and social system by partly compensating and eliminating problems and adverse outcomes stemming from the system.&nbsp;In a narrow sense, social policy intends to eliminate inconsistencies, imbalances, and conflicts of interest emerging between employers and workers in the capitalist order and to maintain harmony between classes. It focuses on the problems of industrial societies. In a broad sense, it signifies the entire body of practices concerned with the issues of all social groups, covering social fields, and providing solutions for problems. In this context, social policy aims&nbsp;to offer solutions for the problems of all social groups by considering all social fields. Accordingly, it also includes factors like education, health, the protection of craftspeople, taxation policies, agriculture, and the cooperative system.&nbsp;While social policy grew as a scientific discipline and underwent changes and transformations in terms of practice, it mainly flourished under the departments of “Labour Economics and Industrial Relations” within the higher education system in Turkey. In other words, emerging and developing in parallel with the need for solutions to problems encountered in society, the discipline of social policy has also brought about the emergence of the department of “Labour Economics and Industrial Relations.” Nowadays, as a result of the diversification of social problems, the scope of the department has also widened within this context and, due to the rapid development of information technologies stemming from globalization, social policy has become more crucial. These developments have led to an increased interest in social policies and academic studies concerning social policy.&nbsp;Adopting a partly detailed perspective through the analysis of graduate theses, the present study attempts to answer the following questions:• How are the theses examined within the scope of the study distributed across years, graduate study levels, and universities? • How are the subjects of theses on “social policy” distributed? • Do the theses involve field research? • How are these theses connected with the definition and concept of social policy?These questions are answered within the framework of dimensions created based on the studies in the national academic literature.This study has a qualitative research design allowing the presentation of research results by reading the data one-by-one based on codes and categories. The qualitative research method was accepted as the most suitable research method for this study which aims to determine the thematic states of graduate theses, including the concept of “social policy” in their titles and analyze and comment on the theses thoroughly.&nbsp;The research population consists of 3836 theses written within the scope of “Labour Economics and Industrial Relations” in the database (National Thesis Centre) of the Turkish Council of Higher Education (CoHE). As for the study sample, it comprises 124 theses. The data obtained as a result of scanning using the keyword “social policy” in the “Title” tab in the “Detailed Search” section were transferred onto “Excel” spreadsheets, and MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 and the theses offering access to full texts were downloaded.&nbsp;The theses were classified according to publication years, levels of graduate study, and institutes. To ensure validity and reliability, the Excel data files created by the researcher based on the lists of theses from the CoHE database were presented to an expert for consultation. Based on the opinion of this expert, the keywords of the research questions were finalized.The document analysis method was employed in the study to analyze the content of the theses. The document analysis stages used in the present study can be listed as follows: “accessing documents,” “obtaining documents,” “analyzing the data,” and “using the data”.Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the concept, “social policy” covers a wide range of fields in academic studies. Following a general examination of research studies, it seems that the feared effect of the combination of the words “social” and “policy” does not occur. This issue, emphasized in the studies of Makal (2008), and Koray (2013), is worthy of further discussion. Just like this argument, the entire research is undoubtedly open to critique and further development. This is a qualitative study, and it is not independent of the value judgment, observations, and experience of the researcher. Given the number of studies conducted within the scope of this discipline in which each review is either the reason or outcome of another increase, a clearer picture regarding the subject matter will be revealed.

Evaluating Graduate Theses on Labour Economics and Industrial Relations in Turkey within the Context of “Social Policy”

Toker

The article below is a tribute to the centennial foundation of the International Labour Organization. Following deliberations over various various criticisms by the ILO, the Turkish legislature had enacted the new i legislation of Turkey, i.e. the Labor Unions and Collective Agreements Act of 7 November, 2012, no.6356 which constitutes the present legal framework of industrial relations in Turkey. Aiming to bring the labor relations law of Turkey into conformity with ILO norms on freedom of association as well as to find solutions to various practical problems of implementation, Act no.6356 carries various positive provisions, i.e.simplifying some of the earlier formal requirements; restrenghening the job security of the union shop steward; clarifying the rights of union administrators; abolition of the condition for public notary approval for the worker’s acquision of and withdrawal from union membership. But the Act also seems flawed in certain respects, i.e. uncertainties in the protection of the worker against acts of antiunion discrimination; maintenance of the socalled “double criteria” for collective bargaining authorization, ( that is , while seemingly reducing the first condition to 1/% from the previous 10% cent industry-level representation , making the union’s ability to achieve the authorization certificate more difficult due to forced mergers among industries ; certain strike restrictions in sectors not deemed to fall into essential services in the strict sense of the ILO; and suspension of strikes and lock-outs by the government due to reasons of general healt or national security where, in the absence of agreement between the parties, industrial conflict is to be suspended and the process must result in compulsory arbitration.More recently with a view to lessen the workload of labor courts, the amendment to the Labor Courts Act by Act no. 7036 dated 25 October 2017, has in the settlement of workers’ claims including reinstatement demands brought the precondition of calling on the process of ‘mediation’ before filing the lawsuit. Although mediation shall not entail a binding decision, it may lead the worker to accepting a lower amount than what he would be awarded under legal action in the court system.As the mandate of the so-called ‘mediation as a precondition for legal action’ encompasses requests for compensation in union-related dissmissals as well, the mediation technique may create consequences detrimental of the protection of freedom of association and as such is likely to be challenged before the Constitutional Court or to be brought to the agenda of the ILO.&nbsp;Furthermore, coupled with the declining rate of union density in Turkey, the prevalence of the so-called ‘single channel representation’ i.e. the absence of workers’ representatives and/or a works council system at least in workplaces where union shop stewards do not exist, seem lead to various voids which must be filled for the performance of various functions in the Turkish industrial relations system (e.g.collective layoffs) . Therefore this paper advocates the adoption of a ‘dual-channel representation system including labor labor unions and elected employee representatives’ who must be active anyhow as Turkey had ratified ILO Convention 135 in the year 1993.At a stage where the government’s avowed goal was to launch reforms to bring Turkish industrial relations into conformity with international norms on freedom of association, the outcomes of Act no. 6356 have been rather mixed, in some respects disappointing, in others encouraging. Various dimensions of Act no.6356 are clearly tilted against the interests of workers and labor unions Thus, despite the introduction of various positive elements and certain ameliorations made since the year 2012, Act no 6356 is still likely to continue being challenged in national and international fora.This article, based partly on the observations of the writer as the government representative in the supervisory organs of the ILO, is a general evaluation of the main changes brought about by Act no.6356 on freedom of association in Turkey as well as on a few a other amendments made after its passage in 2012. Despite the presence of the above-stated weaknesses, , it is clear that the present legal framework of industrial relations in Turkey represents a better-balanced and advanced stage than the previous legislative environments . In reaching this level of maturity, the impact of the ILO and the jurisprudence of the ILO’s Freedom of Association Committee, coupled of course with the contributions of the Turkish social partners should be acknowledged.

The Impact of International Labour Organisation on the Development of Industrial Relations in Turkey (A Critical Approach from the Perspective of International Norms on Freedom of Association)

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After the Second World War, European states attempted to overcome major economic difficulties by inviting guest workers to their countries in order to resolve the manpower deficit left by the war. Over time, however, immigrants who moved from developing countries like Turkey to Western European states abandoned their “guest worker” status and began to settle permanently in these countries. Because of this, immigrants’ cultural problems, identity issues and concepts of culturalization, integration, and assimilation began to be studied to a much greater extent in the fields of sociology and political science.Turkish labor migration to Germany started following an agreement signed between Turkey and Germany on October 30, 1961. In the first year, 6,800 Turks arrived in Germany, and their population steadily increased over the years. The Turkish population in Germany rose to 652,000 in 1971, 1,546,000 in 1981, and 1,780,000 in 1991. Turks who moved to Germany in the first decade following the agreement are considered to be the first generation of Turkish immigrants. Members of this generation had no information about Germany before their arrival and experienced serious difficulties in adapting to their new country. They were generally unskilled workers, they could not speak German, and they preserved Turkish values rather than assimilating German ones. As this group was seen by the Germans as temporary guest workers, integration policies were not applied to them&nbsp;The second generation of Turkish immigrants in Germany appeared from 1974 to 1984. They were the children of the first generation, or they came to Germany under the laws of family reunification. In fact, beginning from the 1980s, the German government sought certain ways to encourage Turkish immigrants to return to their country, but these efforts proved largely ineffective. Even if a number of Turkish immigrants returned to Turkey, their children opted to stay in Germany, and thus the Turkish population continued to increase. Members of the second generation could speak some German, and some of them were educated in German schools. Following the formation of the second generation, German officials realized that presence of Turks in Germany would be permanent, and accordingly initiated some policies to ensure the integration of next generations to German society.The third generation of Turkish immigrants is the product of these policies. These people are young, aged 18-29, and living in Germany. Compared to the previous generations, members of the third generation have a much closer relationship to German society. They were born and educated in Germany, they can speak German fluently and their friends are generally German. As they have also adapted to German culture and lifestyle to a great extent, it can be argued that the integration&nbsp;policies launched by the German state took root in this generation. Because of their proximity to German language and culture, these young Turks are quite active in the daily and professional life of Germany. On the other hand, they have not learned Turkish language and culture very well; they have some persistent conflicts with their families and previous generations. Alienation from Turkish identity is the most crucial problem in the overall structure of third generation.In this study, the process of migration and integration of Turkish immigrants in Germany is examined and a comparison of the first and third generation Turks is made. The article argues that the changing cultural dimension of the Turkish immigrants in Germany originated from state policies to bring third-generation Turks closer to German culture and society.

Process of Migration and Integration of Turks in Germany: Comparison of the First and Third Generations

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After the international norms of trade union freedom were determined by ILO Convention 87 (1948), a rapid increase in complaints about member states was observed. Since 1951, the ILO Administrative Council has used the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) for assistance in investigating these complaints.The Committee on Freedom of Association has also explained what procedures and principles it considers when reviewing and resolving complaints about member states: the first of its decisions is that it is not a judicial decision that compels the member state. According to the statement, a decision which is made is not intended to condemn a member state or a trade union organization; on the contrary, it aims to make trade union freedom valid in all countries by making use of the trilateral structure, which is the most prominent feature of the ILO.While making decisions, the second principle of the CFA is that it does not, as a rule, take into account the level of development of the complained country. The third principle is that the change of political regime or political power in a member state will not affect the previous decisions. The new political regime or the new government is under the obligation of producing solutions based on the decisions of the Committee in terms of trade union freedom.Lastly, the CFA requires that, in accordance with the decision of the Administrative Council with respect to multinational companies, the existence of a provision contrary to trade union freedom among the conditions of investment in another country shall never be tolerated.The reason why we choose the issue of strike is that employers’ associations in the ILO and in our country argue from time to time that the right to strike does not have a legal relationship with trade union freedom. The most important justification of the allegations in this regard is that there is no direct provision regarding the right to strike in Convention 87 or other legislation of the ILO regulating trade union freedom.For many years, the CFA has advocated a totally opposite view. According to them, the right to strike is an integral part of trade union freedom. In this case, it is not possible for trade unions to exclude the right to strike while freely regulating their activity programs.&nbsp;Based on this basic view, the CFA does not accept all actions where employees collectively agree to stop working as a legal strike within the framework of trade union freedom. For example, according to the CFA, a strike initiated by a trade union for purely political purposes does not fall within the framework of trade union freedom. As such, the CFA does not accept the strike which is done in order to prove that the trade union is the authority in collective bargaining. The CFA acknowledges that the issue of authority is a problem that needs to be examined separately.As such, the committee acknowledges that the right to strike may be restricted or even banned in basic services that threaten the health and safety of society. In the case of government officials in public service, the CFA accepts that high level bureaucrats who use public power on behalf of the state can be included in the scope of the ban on strikes. The Committee tries to clarify the concept of basic services in its decisions and gives examples from various business lines.The CFA has also made important decisions on peaceful solutions to ensure that workers do not lose their rights in the event of restrictions or prohibitions on the right to strike. According to the CFA, the peaceful solutions that are put into action in such a situation should definitely have gained the trust of parties through their impartiality and independence.It is determined that an independent body should decide for such strikes which are delayed for a certain period due to national security and general health, and if the government is the decision body, this postponement should be made with a good faith interpretation considering the narrow meaning of the words ‘national security’ and ‘general health’.&nbsp;If serious health and safety problems arise in society due to the prolongation of the strike and its widespread nature, it may be decided to meet the minimum needs of society by the decision of an independent body; however, as a result of this decision, the effect of the decision to strike should not diminish and the public image of the union should not decrease.

The ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association - Some Important Decisions on the Right to Strike

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According to the referendum held in the United Kingdom (UK) in June 2016, the proportion of “leavers” was much higher. Since the referendum, the debate about the future of the European Union (EU) has progressed into a different dimension. In total, 51.9% of the citizens of UK voted to leave the EU as a result of the referendum where European skepticism was evident. This led to some doubts about the future integration model of the EU. In this period, many factors were observed as the impulsion that generated the mode of debates on the future of European integration. One of the most important and controversial factors at the EU level can be identified as migration. Especially after the Syrian Crisis, the number and the types of migrants coming from Syria to other regions were seen as a concern by many states in political, economic, and social terms. Even if the EU’s security and border management policies had taken root far before the start of the Syrian Civil War, the Syrians who escaped from the civil war have increased the security concerns of member states to the highest levels. In parallel with the increase of security concerns, the perception of the EU regarding migrants exists as a controvertible subject at a political level because of the differentiated approaches of EU members regarding this issue. Anti-immigration discourses have become a very effective form of populist expression in certain policy areas. One of the examples of this style of expression that has gained more ground in recent years can be observed in UK’s EU referendum process. In this context, evaluating anti-immigrant discourses in referendum campaigns presents important clues regarding the rise of Eurosceptic trends in the EU.In this article, discourses on immigration and migrants during the referendum campaigns are presented as one of the main drivers that paved the way for Brexit (Britain-exit). The instrumentalization of the immigrant opposition arose out of debates between the Conservative Party and the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), and this provides an example of the position of migration in the EU. The rise of far-right politics and populist radical discourses are a defined problem that the EU must overcome and the UK referendum process is supposed to be held as a concrete sample regarding this problem. Therefore, as a tool of populist and far-right wing discourses, explaining the anti-immigration aspects in the UK’s referendum process is the main aim of this study. In this context, the presentation of the immigrants as an economic and social burden on the EU member states is a critically moot point that questions the future of the EU. So, as a factor that is pushing the discourses of the far-right wing, populists, and anti-immigrant can be defined as a risk for the EU and its normative characterization. This study aims to explain how anti-immigrant discourses can influence the campaign process and to what extent it affected the UK’s decision to leave the EU.According to the literature, Brexit has been held in terms of the process itself, and a future model of European integration is now on the agenda of many scholars&nbsp;in terms of the many risks that the EU has confronted. Even if Brexit does not seem like an astonishing step, it is a factor pushing anti-immigrant discourses that draw a considerable scene. Among the member states, UK has been defined as the representative of Eurosceptic tradition for a long time. In the EU, where there has been a developing culture of solidarity among member states in areas such as the Eurozone, the Justice and Home Affairs, and the Schengen Area, the separation of UK politics from the culture of solidarity has been assessed as the axis of European skepticism. When considering UK’s isolated preferences in some European level policy areas and its Eurosceptic tendency, we can evaluate Brexit as not being a surprising event. However, anti-immigrant discourses in the process can be evaluated as a challenging dimension. Anti-immigrant discourse has not only widened its influence in the UK’s political scene, it has reached a worrisome dimension in many other parts of the EU today. Therefore, analyzing the Brexit process presents a tangible outcome about to what extent anti-immigrant and populist discourses can widen their influence in the European Union.

The Impact of Anti-Immigration Discourses in the United Kingdom on the Brexit Process

The Journal of Social Policy Conferences, which since 1948 has been published within the body of the Faculty of Economics, Labor Economics, and the Industrial Relations Department at Istanbul University, Turkey, plays an important part in the formation and maintenance of social policy tradition. With the stages, changes, and transformation it has undergone from 1948 to the present, the journal offers an outstanding academic setting for research in the field of social policy in Turkey. In addition, 1948 is an important year in terms of the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions approved by Turkey. Turkey, which ratified only one ILO convention between the years 1932 and 1946, signed 11 conventions between the years 1946 and 1959. In this context, ILO, which is an important institution at international level in the field of labor relations and social policy, and the journal that created the first social policy corpus in Turkey were founded in the same period.The main hypothesis of this study is to highlight the importance within scientific and academic development of long-term academic publications being able to present to their readers the reflections of the social, political and economic developments of the periods with which they are concerned. Starting from this, the purpose of the study is to examine how ILO, which is one of the major international institutions in terms of industrial relations and working life, is reflected in the Journal of Social Policy Conferences as a journal that has been maintaining its publishing activities through 71 years.This study firstly presents the history of the Journal of Social Policy Conferences. Then, within the scope of “Qualitative Analysis of the Journal of Social Policy Conferences”, the articles in the journal are subjected to qualitative analysis regardless of periods. After that, the journal articles dealing with ILO, -and those covering the basic ILO conventions are examined under the title of “ILO in the Journal of Social Policy Conferences”.&nbsp;&nbsp;The literature review shows that different academic publications such as journals and graduate studies are analyzed through various qualitative research methods, namely document analysis, content analysis, and bibliometric analysis. With 71 years of history, the Journal of Social Policy Conferences is too deep to be analyzed through a single method. This is because when the origin and history of the journal is examined, it is clear that different periodizations can be made (e.g before and after 2003 according to the criterion of being a peerreviewed scientific journal; before and after 2009-2010 based on the criterion of transfer to the internet environment from the printed journal).In this article, the reflection of ILO in academia is presented through the Journal of Social Policy Conferences, the academic representative of the social policy field in the national arena. The fact that the study is the first one to subject the Journal of Social Policy Conferences to qualitative bibliometric analysis shows its originality. However, this originality also carries with it the difficulties of making an analysis that complies with the spirit of the journal. In this context, the study should be considered as an “exploratory” preliminary study that can guide future studies with how it all started and how it continued as well as the research method it employed.The database used in the research was created by transferring all the files in the journal archive to the Excel program through the DergiPark system. Analyses were performed on 830 files excluding the records coded as “Imprint, Editorial, Table of Contents”, “Editorial”, and “Foreword” from among the those included in the dataset created within the scope of the study.&nbsp;The calculation results indicate that the journal does not comply with the 80/20 rule, which states that 80% of all articles published in the journal should be written by 20% of the authors, and neither does it comply with Price’s law, which measures the productivity of the authors. However, it does comply with Lotka’s law, which measures the contribution to the literature. In light of the calculation made according to Lotka’s law, which is a quantitative estimation of how many articles the authors have contributed to the literature, it can be said that the 71-year journal will continue to contribute to the field as an academic platform in the following years as well.There are 30 studies directly containing the word “ILO” in their titles. This number amounts to 3.6% of the total number of studies. There are few studies directly addressing ILO which can be repeated within the scope of the journal covered in the present study as well.The Journal of Social Policy Conferences, which has grown and developed concurrently with the social policy history of Turkey, has aspects that, by maintaining its mission from tradition to future, flourish, create a tradition, sustain such tradition, and have a significant collective power.

Journal of Social Policy Conferences and International Labor Organization (ILO)

Emel

Çetin

Turkey has been caught unprepared for the influx of asylum seekers and migrants since the 1990s and the increasing number of refugees fleeing the Syrian war since 2011. Today, more than 3.5 million Syrians and over 300,000 non-Syrian asylum seekers are residing in Turkey. They are among the most disadvantaged groups in Turkish society. Turkey’s migration and asylum system has been undergoing a transition process since the early 2000s. Recently, the Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP) in 2013 and the Regulation on Temporary Protection (RTP) in 2016 have been adopted to categorize and manage different asylum-seeker groups. The main difference between them is that non-Syrian asylum seekers can apply for international protection to be resettled to a third country and must register in a satellite city. Today, there are more than 60 satellite cities as defined by the Ministry of Interior Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM). According to the Article 82-1 of Law on Foreigners and International Protection (2014), refugees and asylum seekers are only allowed to live in satellite cities for reasons of security and public order, and to prevent accumulation in big cities. Düzce is one of the satellite cities as defined by DGMM. More than seven thousand asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, are currently living in Düzce. This paper explores the difficulties of accessing social services and the social integration problems of asylum seekers in Düzce from a gender- and human rights-based social-work perspective.This paper is based on an empirical research using a qualitative approach and a snowball sampling method. In-depth interviews with 21 asylum seekers and two key informants from public institutions, Düzce Governorship and the City Branch of Migration Management, were conducted. In addition, several public institutions in education, health, and social services, as well as non-governmental organizations’ activities for asylum seekers, were investigated. The socio-economic support options in Düzce include free education for children, Turkish-language courses for adults, free access to health care (including free medications) and 120 TRY given by Kızılay Card to meet some requirements such as food and shelter. Also, some NGOs provide irregular economic support based on humanitarian aid. Our findings show that although asylum seekers are entitled to access some social services, including education, health services or employment, they have difficulties accessing them due to language barriers, work obligations, health problems, and gendered responsibilities.Asylum seekers cannot access healthy accommodations and usually face lowpaying or irregular employment and/or non-payment problems, social exclusion and stigmatization in Düzce; and these problems deepen their psychological problems&nbsp;caused by the war. In particular, female asylum seekers have serious problems meeting their daily needs, such as food and shelter, accessing to health care, and public services. As a result of limited access to psycho-social and economic support mechanisms, female asylum seekers face unique gender-based risks, including sexual harassment in their search for employment or aid.&nbsp;At the local level, the needs of asylum seekers are met through a “philanthropist” approach, where social workers are not involved. Asylum seekers consist of different groups, including children, youth, the elderly, disabled individuals, and single women, and they all have different problems and needs. Based on empirical research, some recommendations can be made to support asylum seekers more effectively. In general, these recommendations include the empowerment of asylum seekers via different support mechanisms, such as an easy access to multi-lingual information services, accommodation, and human rights-based socio-economic supports. Most importantly, in order to fight against gender-based violence, human rights based and gender-sensitive psycho-social and economic support mechanisms should be developed for female asylum seekers in Düzce and all over Turkey.

Asylum Seekers’ Social Integration Problems and Access to Social Services: A Case of Düzce Satellite City

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Journal of Social Policy Conferences aims to represent an interdisciplinary academic platform for both national and international social policy debates, to construct the links between academic research and social policy regulations in Turkey, to make a contribution to comparative and international studies by publishing both theoretical and empirical research on the field of social policy, labour economics, industrial relations, social security, social services, labour law, sociology of work, organizational behavior, psychology of working and human resources management and by doing so, to reflect a comprehensive approach to solve the social policy issues in the Turkey.Journal of Social Policy Conferences is a scientific journal for the publication of research and studies including theoretical, philosophical, historical and political essays, research papers, case reports and reviews, international and comparative papers; encompassing all aspects of social policy, labour relations, labour economics, labour law, sociology of work, work and organizational psychology and human resources management.· Topics of interest may include-but not limited to- social policy studies, such as history of social policy, instruments of social policy, unemployment, poverty, social services, social security, income distribution, working conditions, migration, discrimination, social exclusion and social policies regarding women, youth, the elderly and all disadvantaged groups, education and environmental policies and international social policy debates.· In the field of Labour Economics; labour supply and demand in labour markets, employment, unemployment, wages, productivity and labour market policies.In the field of Industrial Relations;From the historical perspective, workers 'movements, labour unions, civil servants' unions, employer unions, collective labour disputes and solutions, collective bargaining, the role of the state in industrial relations, comparative industrial relations, social dialogue with the effect of globalization on industrial relations.In the field of Social Security;historical development of social security, management, techniques, institutional structure, financing, economic and financial dimension, legal dimension, new applications in social security systems.Social Services;methods and techniques, social services for the family, women, children, young people, disabled and elderly people, social work practices in the fields of health, education and justice and social services organizations.In the field of Labour Law;collective labour law issues such as the obligations arising from the employment contract, termination of the employment contract, severance pay, working hours, applications to disadvantaged groups, labour law issues, unions, collective bargaining, strike and lockout practices.In the field of Sociology of Work;classical and contemporary approaches, the effect of technology on working life, social stratification and classes, alienation, leisure industry, globalization, gender issues in working life, generations and transformation.In the field of Organizational Behaviour; corporate culture, leadership, motivation, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, work ethic, stress in organizations, conflict, power and politics.In the field of work psychology;meaning and importance of working in an individual's life, career development, ergonomics, work monotony, burnout syndrome.In the field of Human Resources;management, organization, planning, business analysis, training, performance appraisal, career management, wage management, strategic human resources management, international human resources management, information systems.*The Journal of Social Politics Conferences includes academic articles as well as book reviews in relevant fields and decision-making studies in the field of business law.

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Journal of Social Policy Conferences is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the <a href="https://publicationethics.org/" target="_blank">Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)</a>, the <a href="https://doaj.org/apply/transparency/#principles-of-transparency-and-best-practice-in-scholarly-publishing" target="_blank">Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)</a>, the <a href="https://oaspa.org/" target="_blank">Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)</a>, and the <a href="https://www.wame.org/" target="_blank">World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)</a> on <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing" target="_blank">https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing</a>All parties involved in the publishing process (Editors, Reviewers, Authors and Publishers) are expected to agree on the following ethical principles.All submissions must be original, unpublished (including as full text in conference proceedings), and not under the review of any other publication synchronously. Each manuscript is reviewed by one of the editors and at least two referees under double-blind peer review process. Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, prevailing conflict of interest are unnethical behaviors.All manuscripts not in accordance with the accepted ethical standards will be removed from the publication. This also contains any possible malpractice discovered after the publication. In accordance with the code of conduct we will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing.

Ethics

The journal adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and follows the principles of international research ethics as defined below. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules.- Principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be sustained in designing the research, reviewing the design and conducting the research.- The research team and participants should be fully informed about the aim, methods, possible uses and requirements of the research and risks of participation in research.- The confidentiality of the information provided by the research participants and the confidentiality of the respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily, not under any coercion.- Any possible harm to participants must be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that the participants are not at risk.- The independence of research must be clear; and any conflict of interest or must be disclosed.- In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. In the case of children and those under wardship or with confirmed insanity, legal custodian’s assent must be obtained.- If the study is to be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization.- In studies with human subject, it must be noted in the method’s section of the manuscript that the informed consent of the participants and ethics committee approval from the institution where the study has been conducted have been obtained.

It is authors’ responsibility to ensure that the article is in accordance with scientific and ethical standards and rules. And authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.All the authors of a submitted manuscript must have direct scientific and academic contribution to the manuscript. The author(s) of the original research articles is defined as a person who is significantly involved in “conceptualization and design of the study”, “collecting the data”, “analyzing the data”, “writing the manuscript”, “reviewing the manuscript with a critical perspective” and “planning/conducting the study of the manuscript and/or revising it”. Fund raising, data collection or supervision of the research group are not sufficient roles to be accepted as an author. The author(s) must meet all these criteria described above. The order of names in the author list of an article must be a co-decision and it must be indicated in the <a href="https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/8DBF2AEBD8FE47FABD56531152311269" target="_blank">Copyright Agreement Form</a>. The individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria but contributed to the study must take place in the acknowledgement section. Individuals providing technical support, assisting writing, providing a general support, providing material or financial support are examples to be indicated in acknowledgement section.All authors must disclose all issues concerning financial relationship, conflict of interest, and competing interest that may potentially influence the results of the research or scientific judgment.

Editor-in-Chief evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. He/She provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication and ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication. He/She must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.Editor-in-Chief does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers. Only he has the full authority to assign a reviewer and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal.Reviewers must have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Their judgments must be objective.Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the manuscripts with other persons. The anonymity of the referees must be ensured. In particular situations, the editor may share the review of one reviewer with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.

Only those manuscripts approved by its every individual author and that were not published before in or sent to another journal, are accepted for evaluation.Submitted manuscripts that pass preliminary control are scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate software. After plagiarism check, the eligible ones are evaluated by editor-in-chief for their originality, methodology, the importance of the subject covered and compliance with the journal scope. The selected manuscripts are sent to at least two national/international referees for evaluation and publication decision is given by editor-in-chief  upon modification by the authors in accordance with the referees’ claims.Editor-in-Chief evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. He/She provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication and ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing. Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication. He/She must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed. Editor-in-Chief does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers. Only he has the full authority to assign a reviewer and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal. Reviewers must have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Their judgments must be objective. Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side. A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the manuscripts with other persons. The anonymity of the referees must be ensured. In particular situations, the editor may share the review of one reviewer with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.

Peer Review

Only those manuscripts approved by its every individual author and that were not published before in or sent to another journal, are accepted for evaluation.Submitted manuscripts that pass preliminary control are scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate software. After plagiarism check, the eligible ones are evaluated by Editor-in-Chief for their originality, methodology, the importance of the subject covered and compliance with the journal scope. Editor-in-Chief evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors and ensures a fair double-blind peer review of the selected manuscripts.The selected manuscripts are sent to at least two national/international external referees for evaluation and publication decision is given by Editor-in-Chief upon modification by the authors in accordance with the referees’ claims.Editor-in-Chief does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal.Reviewers’ judgments must be objective. Reviewers’ comments on the following aspects are expected while conducting the review.- Does the manuscript contain new and significant information?- Does the abstract clearly and accurately describe the content of the manuscript?- Is the problem significant and concisely stated?- Are the methods described comprehensively?- Are the interpretations and consclusions justified by the results?- Is adequate references made to other Works in the field?- Is the language acceptable?Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the manuscripts with other persons. The anonymity of the referees is important.

LanguageArticles in Turkish and English are published. Submitted Turkish article must include an English abstract, keyword and an extended abstract. Extended abstract in English is not required for articles in English.Manuscript Organization and FormatAll correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Manuscpript is to be submitted online via <a href="mailto:sosyalsiyasetdergi@istanbul.edu.tr" target="_blank">sosyalsiyasetdergi@istanbul.edu.tr</a> and it must be accompanied by a cover letter indicating that the manuscript is intended for publication, specifying the article category (i.e. research article, review etc.) and including information about the manuscript (see the Submission Checklist). Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word 2003 and upper versions. In addition, <a href="https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/8DBF2AEBD8FE47FABD56531152311269" target="_blank">Copyright Agreement Form</a> that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted.<ol><li>The manuscripts should be in A4 paper standards: having 2.5 cm margins from right, left, bottom and top, Times New Roman font style in 12 font size, line spacing of 1.5 and “justify align” format. For indented paragraph, tab key should be used. One line spacing should be used for the tables and figures, which are included in the text.</li><li>The title of the text should be centered on the page, in lower-case letter, bold, Times New Roman font and 14 font size.</li><li>Information about the author is to be written on the left part of the page skipping one line space after the title, and it should be in Times New Roman font, 10 font size, with one line spacing. After indicating the name of the author in lower-case letter and surname in capital letter, the title, affiliation, and e-mail address should be included.</li><li>Before the introduction part, there should be an abstract of 200-250 words both in the language of the article and in English. An extended abstract in English between 600-800 words, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study and the methodology used is to be included following the abstracts. If the manuscript is in English, extended abstract is not required. Underneath the abstracts, 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified in the language of the article and in English.</li><li>The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: title, abstract and keywords; extended abstract (If the manuscript is in English, extended abstract is not required), sections, footnotes and references.</li><li>Tables, graphs and figures can be given with a number and a defining title if and only if it is necessary to follow the idea of the article. Otherwise features like demographic characteristics can be given within the text.</li><li>A <a href="https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/9A81F22189C1441EA0295B632B933403" target="_blank">title page</a> including author information must be submitted together with the manuscript. The <a href="http://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/FileHandler2.ashx?f=sskd_title-page_637060533239753097.docx">title page</a> is to include fully descriptive title of the manuscript and, affiliation, title, e-mail address, ORCID, postal address, phone and fax number of the author(s) (see The Submission Checklist).</li><li>The rights of the manuscripts submitted to our journal for publication, belongs to the author(s).</li><li>The author(s) can be asked to make some changes in their articles due to peer reviews.</li><li>A copy of the journal will be sent to each author of the accepted articles upon their request.</li><li>The studies that were sent to the journal will not be returned whether they are published or not.</li></ol>

Author Guidelines

Before beginning the online submission process please read the Information for Authors and make sure you have the followings available:Article submissions should be submitted <a href="https://dergipark.org.tr/login" target="_blank">Dergipark</a> or directly to the e-mail address <a href="mailto:sosyalsiyasetdergi@istanbul.edu.tr" target="_blank">sosyalsiyasetdergi@istanbul.edu.tr</a>Cover letter to the editor<ul type="disc"> <ul type="circle"> <li>The category of the manuscript</li> <li>Confirming that “the paper is not under consideration for publication in another journal”.</li> <li>Including disclosure of any commercial or financial involvement.</li> <li>Confirming that the statistical design of the research article is reviewed.</li> <li>Confirming that last control for fluent English was done.</li> <li>Confirming that journal policies detailed in Information for Authors have been reviewed.</li> <li>Confirming that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section are in line with APA.</li> </ul> </ul><a href="https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/8DBF2AEBD8FE47FABD56531152311269" target="_blank">Copyright Agreement Form</a>Permission of previous published material if used in the present manuscript<a href="http://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/FileHandler2.ashx?f=sskd_title-page_637060533239753097.docx" target="_blank">Title page</a><ul type="disc"> <ul type="circle"> <li>The category of the manuscript</li> <li>The title of the manuscript both in the languge of the manuscript and in English</li> <li>All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses</li> <li>Corresponding author’s email address, full postal address, telephone and fax number</li> <li>ORCIDs of all authors.</li> </ul> </ul>Main Manuscript Document<ul type="disc"> <ul type="circle"> <li>The title of the manuscript both in the language of manuscript and in English</li> <li>Abstracts (200-250 words) both in the language of manuscript and in English</li> <li>Key words: 5 words both in the language of manuscript and in English</li> <li>Extended Abstract (600-800 words) in English (for the articles which are not in English)</li> <li>Grant Support (if exits)</li> <li>Conflict of interest (if exits)</li> <li>Acknowledgement (if exits)</li> <li>References</li> <li>All tables, illustrations (figures) (including title, description, footnotes)</li> </ul> </ul>

Although references to review articles can be an efficient way to guide readers to a body of literature, review articles do not always reflect original work accurately. Readers should therefore be provided with direct references to original research sources whenever possible. On the other hand, extensive lists of references to original work on a topic can use excessive space on the printed page. Small numbers of references to key original papers often serve as well as more exhaustive lists, particularly since references can now be added to the electronic version of published papers, and since electronic literature searching allows readers to retrieve published literature efficiently. Papers accepted but not yet included in the issue are published online in the Early View section and they should be cited as “advance online publication”. Citing a “personal communication” should be avoided unless it provides essential information not available from a public source, in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be cited in parentheses in the text. For scientific articles, written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication must be obtained.Reference Style and FormatJournal of Social Policy Conferences complies with APA (American Psychological Association) style 6th Edition for referencing and quoting. For more information:-    American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: APA.-    <a href="http://www.apastyle.org" target="_blank">http://www.apastyle.org</a>Citations in the TextCitations must be indicated with the author surname and publication year within the parenthesis.If more than one citation is made within the same paranthesis, separate them with (;).Samples:More than one citation;(Esin, et al., 2002; Karasar, 1995)Citation with one author;(Akyolcu, 2007)Citation with two authors;(Sayıner &amp; Demirci, 2007)Citation with three, four, five authors;First citation in the text: (Ailen, Ciambrune, &amp; Welch, 2000) Subsequent citations in the text: (Ailen, et al., 2000)Citations with more than six authors;(Çavdar, et al., 2003)Citations in the ReferenceAll the citations done in the text should be listed in the References section in alphabetical order of author surname without numbering. Below given examples should be considered in citing the references.Basic Reference TypesBooka) Turkish BookKarasar, N. (1995). Araştırmalarda rapor hazırlama (8th ed.) [Preparing research reports]. Ankara, Turkey: 3A Eğitim Danışmanlık Ltd.b) Book Translated into TurkishMucchielli, A. (1991). Zihniyetler [Mindsets] (A. Kotil, Trans.). İstanbul, Turkey: İletişim Yayınları.c) Edited BookÖren, T., Üney, T., &amp; Çölkesen, R. (Eds.). (2006). Türkiye bilişim ansiklopedisi [Turkish Encyclopedia of Informatics]. İstanbul, Turkey: Papatya Yayıncılık.d) Turkish Book with Multiple AuthorsTonta, Y., Bitirim, Y., &amp; Sever, H. (2002). Türkçe arama motorlarında performans değerlendirme [Performance evaluation in Turkish search engines]. Ankara, Turkey: Total Bilişim.e) Book in EnglishKamien R., &amp; Kamien A. (2014). Music: An appreciation. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.f) Chapter in an Edited BookBassett, C. (2006). Cultural studies and new media. In G. Hall &amp; C. Birchall (Eds.), New cultural studies: Adventures in theory (pp. 220–237). Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.g) Chapter in an Edited Book in TurkishErkmen, T. (2012). Örgüt kültürü: Fonksiyonları, öğeleri, işletme yönetimi ve liderlikteki önemi [Organization culture: Its functions, elements and importance in leadership and business management]. In M. Zencirkıran (Ed.), Örgüt sosyolojisi [Organization sociology] (pp. 233–263). Bursa, Turkey: Dora Basım Yayın.h) Book with the same organization as author and publisherAmerican Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American psychological association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.Articlea) Turkish ArticleMutlu, B., &amp; Savaşer, S. (2007). 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