The Role of Turkey in The Development of Social Service: A Theoretical Analysis

Even though social assistance and solidarity practices, which have existed to meet the needs in interpersonal relations since the existence of humanity, are in a traditional structure, they have passed through many stages according to the economic, social and political structures of societies in the historical process. Social assistance and solidarity are essentially based on ideas of humanism and social justice. The concept of social justice and institutional social services which emerged from the functioning of social welfare institutions have provided a scientific dimension to the practices of social solidarity and assistance carried out in a traditional framework.In this sense, it has been inevitable that the development of social services in Turkey has been affected by the social services and its development around the world. The study deals with the position of Turkey in terms of social services, and tries to diagnose whether this position is sufficient or not