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ÖZEVPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESIN TURKEY AND
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN TURKEY AND THEIR
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• According to the 2002 TURKSTAT People With
  Disabilities of Turkey research report, 12.29
  of the total population is people with disabled.
• Its distribution is as follows
• 2.58 is orthopedically, sight, hearing, vocally
  and mentally impaired.
• 9.70 is composed of chronic illnesses.
• In order to better understand the handicapped
  situation in Turkey, we must concentrate on the
  2.58, and interpret its statistical information.

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The regional distribution of the orthopedically,
sight, hearing, vocally and mentally impaired
people.
Region Percent Cumulative Percent
Marmara 22,7 22,7
Aegean 13,1 35,8
Mediterranian 13,0 48,8
Internal Anatolian 17,3 66,2
Black Sea 14,9 81,1
Eastern Anatolian 8,8 89,9
Southeastern Anatolian 10,1 100,0
Total 100,0
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Educational Status People with disabled population People with disabled population People with disabled population
  Percent Cumulative Percent
0 6,0 6,0
Illiterate 34,1 40,2
Literate but not educated 14,0 54,1
Primary School 31,0 85,2
Primary Education 1,4 86,6
Secondary School 4,9 91,5
Secondary School equivalent vocational school 0,2 91,7
High School 5,3 97,0
High School equivalent vocational school 1,2 98,2
Higher Education and/or Faculty 1,7 99,9
Grad Student, Doctorate 0,1 100
Other 0,0 100
Total 100
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Handicap Type Male Male Female Female

Physical 58,7 41,3
Sight 57,8 42,2
Hearing 54,6 45,4
Vocal 62,7 37,3
Mental 60,1 39,9
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN TURKEY AND THEIR
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• As stated in the Constitution
• All individuals are equal without any
  discrimination before the law, irrespective of
  language, race, colour, sex, political opinion,
  philosophical belief, religion and sect or any
  such considerations.
• Men and women have equal rights. The State shall
  have the obligation to ensure that this equality
  exists in practice.
• State organs and administrative authorities shall
  act in compliance with the principle of equality
  before the law in all their proceedings.

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• The first legal arrangement towards the people
  with disabilities was accepted in the 01.07.2005
  date and number 5378 decree law regarding some
  laws and other changes including the handicapped.
  
• With the people with disabilities Law, the legal
  framework concerning education, health,
  employment, accessibility, care, social support
  and social security for the disabled was set.

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• Health
• With arrangements accepted within the people with
  disabilities Law, the diagnosis of hereditary
  blood diseases and other disability causing
  illnesses will be provided free of charge.
• With the people with disabilities Law, the
  manufacturers of hearing aides and orthesis
  prosthesis were subjected to Ministry of Health
  inspections and their standards were elevated to
  global standards.

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• HEALTH
• Medical Rehabilitation
• In,
• The physiotherapy and rehabilitation services
  within the hospitals bound to the MoH,
• The rehabilitation centers bound to Turkish Armed
  Forces.
• The university hospitals and private hospitals
• In private and public rehabilitation centers,
• Rehabilitation services are being provided to the
  disabled.

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• EDUCATION
• According to the people with disabilities Law,
  under no circumstance, the education provided to
  the handicapped be hindered. Equal education
  opportunities will be provided to handicapped
  children, youth and adults considering their
  special needs and differences.
• According to the people with disabilities Law,
  the private educational services have been
  gathered under one roof and regardless of social
  security, the opportunity to benefit from special
  education was provided.

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• EDUCATION
• Public Schools that provide disabled oriented
  education
• Primary Schools for the Visually Impaired
• Primary Schools for the Hearing Impaired
• Vocational High Schools for the Hearing Impaired
• Primary Schools for the Orthopedically Challenged
• Vocational High Schools for the Orthopedically
  Challenged
• Primary Schools for the Educateable Mentally
  Handicapped
• Vocational Schools (Vocational Training Centers)
• Mentally Handicapped Education Application
  Schools
• Mentally Handicapped Vocational Training Centers
• Autistic Children Training Centers (ACTC)
• Fusing (Special Education Classes)
• Hospital Schools for the people who need long
  term treatment
• Science and Art Centers

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• CARE
• According to the people with disabilities Law, in
  order for the handicapped to live a healthy,
  peaceful and secure life, and to allow them to
  carry their own in the society and be productive
  individuals, rehabilitation and care services
  must be provided in order for the above mentioned
  to be accomplished, whether long or short term
  care/rehabilitation, within households and/or
  special centers for those in need.
• According to the people with disabilities Law the
  essential care service fees are reimbursed by the
  state.

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• SOCIAL SUPPORTS
• As mentioned in the law no2022, a disability
  wage as commonly known in the population is set,
  which is paid every 3 months.
• According to the people with disabilities Law,
  the amount handed out has been increased 2 to 3
  fold and its content has been expanded to cover
  various disabilities.
• Those wages which were 65 YTL prior to the
  arrangements, have been modified according to the
  disability level and ranges from 147 YTL to 220
  YTL

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• SOCIAL SUPPORTS
• With the people with disabilities Law, disabled
  individuals under 18 and married disabled women
  now are being assigned a monthly salary.
• If a disabled orphan is receiving any support
  from a social security institution, provided that
  if the received support is lower than his/her
  disability, the difference will be paid for by
  the assigned social security institution.

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• SOCIAL SUPPORTS
• Foundations General Directorate
• A need salary is being assigned to disabled by
  the Foundations General Directorate to the
  handicapped which satisfy criteria, the Need
  Salary was 239,24 YTL for the year 2007
• Social Support and Solidarity Foundations
• The disabled who are in economic need may appeal
  to the provincial or district Social Support and
  Solidarity Foundations and receive goods and/or
  monetary support, along with orthopedic and other
  aid apparatus.
• In addition, those orthopedic devices which are
  not being supplied by social securities, are
  provided via these social support and solidarity
  foundations.

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• SOCIAL SUPPORTS
• Green Card
• The needs (medicine, diagnosis, treatment,
  eyewear, prosthetics etc.) of those disabled
  individuals who do not have any social security,
  is being met by providing them with a green Card.
• Income Tax Reduction
• The disabled who is working freelance, along with
  those who is on a payroll, those who him/herself
  is not disabled but is responsible for a disabled
  person, according to the degree of disability, is
  provided with income tax reduction.

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• SOCIAL SUPPORTS
• Real Estate Tax Exemption The arrangements made
  with the Disableds law, any disabled owning a
  single house no larger than 200 m2 is exempt from
  real estate tax.
• SPT and MVT Exemption, the specially equipped
  vehicled driven by disabled and vehicles owned by
  handicapped people with 90 and over disability
  level is exempt from this tax.
• VAT Exemption Every gadget, item, equipment,
  regarding the disabled education, vocation and
  items that are manufactured specially for day to
  day use are exempt from VAT.

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• EMPLOYMENT
• Employment Activities oriented towards the
  Disabled
• In order to be employed you need a vocation, for
  this you need to receive vocational
  rehabilitation. In our country, vocational
  education and vocational rehabilitation services
  are provided by the Minister of Education,
  Turkish Labour Institute and the municipalities.
• According to the people with disabilities Law
  those individuals who are having difficulty in
  being integrated into the workforce shall be
  integrated by the protected workplaces
  initially. The incentives and support laws that
  will be provided to the protected workplaces are
  still being discussed.

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• EMPLOYMENT
• Employment Employment Necessity
• The employment regulations for the public or
  private institution stands as, public sector
  companies that have over 50 employees must employ
  4 disabled, for the private sector this ratio is
  3.
• Public sector institutions must employ disabled
  at a ratio of 3 the permanent staff employed.

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• EMPLOYMENT
• Resources that can be used in Employment
• National Resources
• Penal Money Fund
• The incentive fund for Social Support and
  Solidarity
• Penal Money Fund
• In order to benefit from the Penal Money Fund, a
  project oriented towards employment should be
  prepared and it must be presented to the Turkish
  Labor Institution Provincial Directorate (1.357
  YTL per month)

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• EMPLOYMENT
• Social Security
• Those disabled individuals who are receiving
  services from the social securities foundation
  may opt to retire in 15 to 20 years according to
  their disability level.
• Those who are bound to the pension fund may opt
  to retire in 15 years.
• According to the new Social Insurance and General
  Health Insurance Law, those handicapped who are
  bound by it may, according to the disability
  degree may receive pensioner status in 16 years
  (4320 days) and 18 years (4680 days).

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• ACCESIBILITY
• With the people with disabilities Law, all
  present public and official structures, streets,
  pavements, pedestrian crossings, will be made
  accessible for handicapped by the year 2012.
• Legal arrangements have been made and put into
  action in our country to allow the physical
  environment become compatible for the disabled.
• These are
• The people with disabilities Law
• The No3194 Development Law Imar Kanunu
• Development Regulations
• Municipality and Greater Municipality Laws
• Flat ownership law

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• Thank you
• DISABLEDS EDUCATION AND SOLIDARITY FOUNDATION
• www.ozevvakfi.org