This study examines the effects of the extension of compulsory schooling from 5 to 8 years in Turkey in 1997-which involved substantial investment in school infrastructure-on schooling outcomes and, in particular, on the equality of these outcomes between men and women, and urban and rural...

The rural development is one of the major problems of developing countries. As a developing country Turkish society is still strugling with this problem The main aim of this study is to describe the social and economical problems of rural Turkey. A central Anatolian village (Kavakozu - Cimder)...