The Investigation of The National Youth and Sports Policies of Turkey in The Perspective of The Social Dimension of The Sustainability

According to the perspective of the sustainable development, sustainability shows a common ground in environmental, economic and social objectives, while the common objectives including future is to be enable to satisfy fundamental human needs and expectations for a better life. The social dimension of the sustainability is focused on human and plays a crucial role in maintaining continuity of social-cultural systems in a social life. The aim of the social dimension in the sustainability is to enable social and cultural systems balanced constantly. National policies applied at both youth and sports fields include social objectives aimed at social dimension of sustainability such as raise healthy generations, sanitation, protecting social peace, enhancement of social cohesion, leisure time activities, encouraging social participation, struggle against social exclusion, strengthening social development etc besides primary objectives. The aim of this study is to examine the National Youth and Sports Policies of Turkey from a viewpoint of social dimension of sustainability. In the research designed according to qualitative research model, case studies pattern was used. The data obtained as a result of the document review were analyzed according to the descriptive and content analysis method. For this purpose, it was tried to analyse how to conceptualize and to apply strategically social indicators within the social dimension of sustainability in national youth and sport policies in both youth and sport fields in Turkey. As result of the analyse, it was revealed that policy objectives aimed at social dimension such as equality, education, healthy, employment, cultural values, recreation and leisure time, security were indicated with intangible descriptions in the national policies applied at youth and sports field in Turkey. It is more significant that objectives aimed at the social dimension at national youth and sports policies with regards to ensure and strengthen social development should be practical-oriented and tangible