This paper aims to look into the effects of the accession negotiations between the EU and Turkey on Turkey's employment … field. As a candidate country, Turkey is required to transpose and implement the EU Acquis on employment and social policy … that Turkey lagged far behind its European counterparts exactly in those social and employment policy areas where the …

and the process of structural reforms in what were then four candidate countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Turkey …

not enough is done to exhaust one of the most available and accessible resources to enhance growth: women's employment …. This article examines the treatment of this economic resource by the EU and by Turkey, trying to draw broader lessons for …