In our eighth episode, we are joined by Başak Akkan, Associate Professor of Social Policy at Istanbul Bilgi University, whose research focuses on care, gender, and welfare regimes. Her work examines Turkey’s “familialistic Mediterranean model” of care, where the family has long been the primary provider, and the state increasingly supports this role through policies such as the 2007 cash-for-care scheme.Başak highlights the profound transformations of the 2000s: the expansion of a state-supported care market, the growing role of migrant workers and digital platforms, and the demographic challenges of an aging society. She sheds light on the emerging care crisis, where dissolving family structures, changing gender norms, and precarious working conditions create growing vulnerabilities in Turkey’s care system.Tune in as we discuss the evolution of Turkey’s care regime, the rising reliance on migrant care labor, and the urgent need to develop equitable, sustainable, and public models of care.

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