The History and Dimensions of Poverty in Türki̇ye


Altınay A. R. A.

Pursuing Sustainable Development Goals The Performance of Türki̇ye in the Centennial of the Republic, BİLLUR ENGİN BALIN,HATİCE DİLARA MUMCU AKAN,FERDA KARAGÖZ ÖZENÇ,ÖZCAN GARAN, Editör, Istanbul University Press, İstanbul, ss.3-31, 2024

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Yayınevi: Istanbul University Press
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3-31
  • Editörler: BİLLUR ENGİN BALIN,HATİCE DİLARA MUMCU AKAN,FERDA KARAGÖZ ÖZENÇ,ÖZCAN GARAN, Editör
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Türkiye is celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary and implementing policies to promote sustainable

development at the same time. With nearly 82 million citizens, Türkiye stands as a dynamic nation that has a distinct

historical context that shapes the country’s trajectory. As the nation’s accomplishments and potential are reviewed,

sustainable development goals, including the pioneering goal of ending poverty, must be examined. This complex

phenomenon hinders human potential, maintains inequality, and slows the advancement of inclusive and equitable

societies. The UNDP and its partners in Türkiye1

 are working towards achieving the Sustainable Development

Goals (SDGS) by 2030, and the first goal is to end poverty by that time. After 25 years of steady progress in reducing

poverty, the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed that progress, with the number of people living in extreme poverty

rising for the first time in a generation. In comparison to predictions made before the pandemic, the combined crisis

with the Ukranian war could result in an increase of 75 million to 95 million people living in extreme poverty in

2022 (UN, 2022; 26). When compared globally between the years 2000 and 2016, Türkiye was one of those nations

that has significantly reduced poverty and showed delicate success in eradicating severe poverty (BM, 2019; 35).

Unfortunately, that was a fragile progress and today poverty is still a serious problem in our country. Elimination of

poverty in all its forms and dimensions is an indispensable requirement and the policies aimed at reaching this

requirement will be the focus of this chapter.