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Work and Family Life Reconciliation Policies in Turkey: Europeanisation or Ottomanisation?

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  • Nazlı Kazanoğlu

    (School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University, Jordanstown Campus, Room 2D02 Shore Road, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, UK)

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This paper is an endeavour to explore and explain the Europeanisation patterns of gender equality in a longstanding candidate country, Turkey, with regard to the specific policy areas of work and family life reconciliation over the last two decades. To achieve this goal, this paper has utilised a combination of literature review, document analysis and 43 semi-structured in-depth interviews with European Union (EU) officials, representatives of social partners and international women’s organisations, as well as Turkish political elites and representatives of civil society organisations. The collected data have been analysed through the thematic analysis research method. Relying on an extensive review of the related literature and policy documents together with the data collected, this paper contends that the process of Europeanising Turkish work and family life reconciliation policies has remained contradictory, incomplete and patchy. Although the Turkish government has made various legislative changes in response to the adaptational pressure coming from the EU, a closer examination of those legislative amendments indicates a continued disconnect between Turkey and the EU in the specific policy area of work and family life reconciliation.

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  • Nazlı Kazanoğlu, 2019. "Work and Family Life Reconciliation Policies in Turkey: Europeanisation or Ottomanisation?," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:2:p:36-:d:201232
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