PUBLIC POLICY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TURKEY: A PROCESS MODEL ANALYSIS

Public policy is an area where the relationship between the state and society can be seen as concretely. Governments propose solutions to solve problems arising in every field. Public policy is also an activity that governments carry out doing nothing but keeping quiet in the face of a problem, besides such activities. In the face of this problem, governments form public policies with legal regulations, decisions and actions. In this context, violence against women is a social problem that has been keeping up to date in Turkish public opinion. In this study, Turkey’s policy of combating violence against women is investigated and policy analysis is performed from first being on the agenda to the evaluation stage according to the process model, which is one of the policy analysis methods. The policy of combating violence against women is discussed under the headings of the definition of the problem and agenda setting, formulation, enactment, implementation and evaluation and analyzed in this context.