Reorganization of the social security system in Turkey: Objectives and outcomes

The structure and problems of the social security system implemented in our country have been the subject of debate in the late 1990s and are widely criticized today too. Social security system was carried out by three institutions ; SSK, Bag-Kur and Emekli Sandigi . However, the growing deficits in the social security institutions caused the criticism to be exacerbated. As a result of the deficits , economic instabilities and consequently the increase of the poverty, revealed the inadequacy of the system. These reasons have accelerated the reform studies of the social security system. It was tried to create the opportunity of providing equal and high quality assurance to all citizens without any discrimination, which will increase the efficiency of the system. Thus, following the various stages of reform, Law No. 5502 was enacted in order to unite the three institutions under one roof by foreseeing a single social security institution. In this study, the current situation of Law No. 5502 which is implemented with the aim of solving these problems based on the problems of social security system has been tried to be evaluated.