Turkey

A sizeable influx of foreign investment has been seen in Turkey’s education system in recent years, helping to meet demand from a growing population with rising disposable incomes. Extreme competition for admission to top universities has encouraged many Turkish families to send their children to private schools or a private tutor. This trend has...

Since the beginning of the Turgut Özal administration in the 1980s, the Turkish economy has undergone major liberalisation unseen since the earliest years of the republic. The government has been working to privatise enterprises, telecommunications, roads and rapid transit. Within the scope of these changes, Turkey’s private health care providers...

With Law No. 3 passed on May 3, 1920, Turkey established its Ministry of Health (MoH). From that time onwards, the health care sector, under the direction of the government, expanded to offer comprehensive coverage for Turkish citizens. During the early years of the republic, the scope of services on offer and the number of personnel saw major gains...

In the 89 years since its founding, modern Turkey has made significant progress in developing a national education system. The state continues to play a central role in that development, and currently provides over 90% of funding for formal education activities in the country. The national budget for education has been increasing over the last...

In response to a number of factors, including a growing youth demographic and a rising interest in technology, Turkey’s population of high-speed internet users has ballooned in the previous decade. The country had nearly 30m total internet users in 2010, the 16th-highest overall internet population in the world, according to the World Bank’s world...