Comparison of Social Protection Assistance in Turkey and Sample European Countries According To Their Functions within the Framework of Welfare Regimes

Abstract

The social assistance the state provides to the needy has been examined in the context of social democratic, liberal, conservative, and Southern European welfare regimes. While considering social assistance, family and children, and survivors' social assistance have been evaluated proportionally and in terms of purchasing power per person with Eurostat data. It is aimed to determine whether there are differences according to welfare regime or country in terms of proportion and purchasing power. It is aimed to make the data up-to-date and to contribute to the literature by making such a comparison. When the data is evaluated, differences have been observed in the context of welfare regimes. Countries in the Southern European welfare regime differ from other countries. Survivors' assistance is high, while family and children's assistance is low. In countries with conservative welfare regimes, both types of aid are relatively high. In countries with liberal and social democratic welfare regimes, family and children's assistance is high; on the contrary, survivors' assistance is low.