Turkey | ANED

Introduction

The information contained on this page was updated in February 2012 and is also maintained by our country team.

Name: İdil Işıl Gül
Address: Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, Kurtulus Deresi Cad. No. 47, Dolapdere, Istanbul/Turkey
E-mail: idil.gul@bilgi.edu.tr

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Policy contacts

The main contact point for co-ordination of disability policy at the national level is:

The Disabled and Elderly Affairs Directorate General under the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, which was established in June 2011. Before that the Administration for Persons with Disabilities affiliated with the Prime Ministry coordinated disability policy at the national level.

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Law and policy

More details of national policy instruments, and with relevance to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities, are provided in DOTCOM: the Disability Online Tool of the Commission.

Turkey has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Optional Protocol is signed, but not ratified yet.

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Data and research

Enquiries about official data on disability issues can be directed to:

Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). TurkStat is responsible for the collection of official data on many issues, including disability. Currently, only two statistical studies are available at the website of the TurkStat: “The Results of Disability Statistics (2002) and Survey on Problems and Expectations of Disabled People (2010). These surveys, as well as other research and studies are found at the web-site of the Disabled and Elderly Affairs Directorate General.

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