Social Policy Implementations for the Early Years from Finland, England and Turkey

One of the largest part of social policy reforms have been made in educational field. Young people have become one of disadvantaged groups in terms of social and economic aspects since the 19th century. In today’s world child care and education regarded as a field of social policy has attracted interest of the states over time and therefore new reforms for the early years have taken place in policies and procedures. The purpose of this study is to put similarities and differences of early years’ social policies and their implementations forward and develop some concrete proposals. In this context, examples of England and Finland as members of the European Union and Turkey as a candiate member of the Union are examined