The Poverty of Disadvantaged Groups in Turkey

Irrespective of their level of development, countries worldwide prioritize poverty in sustainable development strategies and develop inclusive and sustainable programs tailored to the needs and issues of disadvantaged groups in their poverty alleviation strategies. Ensuring disadvantaged groups’ access to basic rights such as quality education and dignified employment by lifting them out of poverty is a priority for the effective use of resources and a productive economy. This work contributes scientifically to the social policy literature concerning seven different disadvantaged groups within the conceptual, theoretical, statistical, policy analysis, and solution proposals axis of poverty. The book is comprised of eight chapters. In this book, a conceptual framework for poverty and each disadvantaged group (children, youth, the elderly, women, immigrants, disabled individuals, single-parent families) is presented. Subsequently, the theoretical section, which reveals the relationship between disadvantaged groups and poverty concerning the topic title, and poverty statistics related to the disadvantaged group, are discussed. Moreover, poverty prevention strategies, policies, programs, and/or action plans specific to the disadvantaged group are evaluated. However, due to limited statistics on poverty rates for migrants among the disadvantaged groups covered in the work, a different method was employed in the section on migrant poverty. An econometric study was conducted, referencing Turkey’s data, to examine the international migration-human poverty relationship.