Research Training Group World Politics RTG 2225

The need for long-term care (LTC) for the elderly and people with disabilities has increasingly gained attention in recent years. Since the beginning of the 2000s, ageing and disability have been acknowledged as global challenges by many international organizations, and the development of LTC policies has become an important policy concern in various countries. In that regard, Turkey is one of the intriguing cases as its efforts on reconciling intergenerational solidarity with an institutionalized care system have been crystallized throughout the accession process to the European Union (EU). Yet, if one takes a closer look at this case, one can realize that the discussions regarding need for (home) care had already started in the country back in the 90s. In line with that, one may suggest that the accession process in Turkey could only be considered as a window of opportunity for a full-fledged problem definition to become a legitimate candidate state where introduction of LTC policies had already been promoted as a policy solution for the globe by many international organizations. According to that, this project will delve into the ways in which the need for LTC as a world-cultural value has shaped the problem definition and policy making mechanisms in the LTC policy field of Turkey from the late 90s until today. In order to understand these mechanisms, where both domestic and international got involved, this study design combines document analysis and structured expert interviews.

• Erdoğan, C. (2022). 'The Long-term Care System in Turkey', CRC 1342 Social Policy Country Briefs, 26, Bremen University.
• Erdoğan, C. (2020). 'Expanding Supplementary Voluntary Private Health Insurance in Turkey: How and Why?', working paper series How 'Social' is Turkey?, No. 5, Bielefeld University.
• Erdoğan, C. (with K.G. Öktem) (2020). 'Between Welfare State and (State-organised) Charity: How Turkey's Social Assistance Regime blends two competing Policy Paradigms', International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 40, No. 3/4, pp. 205-219.
• Erdoğan, C. (with K.G. Öktem) (2018). 'Between Welfare State and (State-organised) Charity: How Turkey's Social Assistance Regime blends two competing Policy Paradigms', working paper series How 'Social' is Turkey?, No. 2, Bielefeld University.

Conferences

• Erdoğan, C. (2023). ‘The Introduction of Long-Term Care Policies in Turkey: How Non-Issues Turned into Policy Issues’. Paper submitted for the 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6), 28 June, Toronto. 

• Erdogan, C. (2022). Guest lecturer at Bremen University, "The Turkish Health System: Re-thinking Universalism Through Public-Private Partnership", 24 November, Bremen, Germany.

• Erdogan, C. (2022). ‘Constructing Global Challenges and Solutions: Active Ageing, Informal Care, and Intergenerational Solidarity Nexus'. Paper presented at the Annual Retreat of the Institute for World Society Studies (Bielefeld University), 10-11 November, Bad Salzuflen, Germany.

• Erdogan, C. (2022). 'Reframing Old Age: (Un)Sustainability and Limits of the Active Ageing Discourse'. Paper presented at the conference ESPAnet "Social Policy Change between Path Dependency and Innovation", 14-16 September, Vienna, Austria.

• Erdogan, C. (2022). 'Active Ageing, Informal Care, and Intergenerational Solidarity Nexus: International Organizations Acting as Knowledge Actors’. Paper presented at the RTG workshop: “Global Challenges in World Politics: Discourses, Actors and Outcomes”, 06-07 September, Bielefeld University.

• Erdogan, C. (2022). Guest researcher at Bremen University, SOCIUM, CRC1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy, Project A07 “Global Dynamics of Long-term Care Policies”, June-September, Bremen, Germany.

• Erdogan, C. (Sukhampha, R. and Kaasch, A. (2022). 'Health Care Responses of Thailand and Turkey to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Explaining Different Pathways'. Paper presented at the RC19 Conference, 24-26 August, Vilnius, Lithuania.

• Erdoğan,C. (2022). Online lecture 'Long-term care in Turkey: A complex story of a young policy field', 14 June, Bremen University.

• Erdoğan, C. (2022). 'Active Ageing, Informal Care, and Intergenerational Solidarity Nexus: International Organizations Acting as Knowledge Actors'. Paper submitted for the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2022, 28 March - 02 April, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

• Erdoğan, C. (with O. Uraiqat and R. Schulze Waltrup) (2021). Organisation of the workshop ‘Global Challenges in World Politics: Discourses, Actors and Outcomes’, 13-15 December, Bielefeld University, online.

• Erdoğan, C. (2021). ’The Rise of Long-Term Care in Response to Ageing and Disability as Global Challenges’. Paper presented at the RTG Workshop ‘Global Challenges in World Politics: Discourses, Actors and Outcomes’, 13 December, Bielefeld University, online.

• Erdoğan, C. (2021). Presentation of dissertation chapter at the A04-Projekt workshop ‘Globale Entwicklungen in den Gesundheitssystemen und Langzeitpflege als neues soziales Risiko’, 21 October, SOCIUM, Bremen.

• Erdoğan, C. (with A. Kaasch) (2021). Co-instructors of the BA course ‘Einführung in die Sozialpolitik Deutschlands’ during the winter semester 2021/22.

• Erdoğan, C. (with R. Sukhampha and A. Kaasch) (2021). 'A Comparative Perspective on Healthcare Policy Responses of Thailand and Turkey to COVID-19 Pandemic'. Paper submitted for the RC19 Annual Conference, 25-27 August, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
• Erdoğan, C. (with A. Kaasch) (2021). Panel organisation of 'Transforming Care Policies in Light of Global COVID-19 Pandemic: Different Welfare Regimes, Different Paths?' at the Transforming Care Conference, 24-26 June, Venice, Italy, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (2021). Participation in the virtual conference ‘Time in Care: the Temporality of Care Policy and Practice’ at the Transforming Care Conference, 24-26 June, Venice, Italy, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (with A. Isakova, T. Saraseko and K. Volkov) (2021). Organisation of and participation in the virtual gender equality workshop 'Storytelling Techniques for Female Scientists', 23 April, Bielefeld University, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (with A. Kaasch) (2020). 'Care Crisis during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Different Welfare Regimes, Different Policy Responses?'. Paper presented at ISA Annual RC19 virtual conference 'Globalization in Retreat? Welfare States amid Regional Turbulence', 03 December, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (with A. Isakova, T. Saraseko and K. Volkov) (2020). Organisation of and participation in the virtual gender equality workshop 'Networking Strategies for Women in Academia', 27 November, Bielefeld University, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (with A. Isakova, T. Saraseko and K. Volkov) (2020). Organisation of and participation in the virtual gender equality workshop 'How to Build your Career Strategy and find your Strengths and Goals as a Female Researcher', 20 November, Bielefeld University, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (2020). 'Introduction of Long-Term Care Policies in Turkey in Light of the EU Accession Process: Do Policy Problems Really Chase Policy Solutions?'. Paper presented at the virtual PhD workshop 'Europeanisation and Policy Learning', 12 October, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh, UK, online.
• Erdoğan, C. (2020). 'Development of Long-Term Care Policies in Turkey: Integration of World-Cultural Values'. Presentation at the virtual ESPAnet PhD Workshop, 04 September, online.