abstract: 'The wage, which first emerged with the industrial revolution and is

  defined as the amount paid by the employer or the third person in return

  for labor, is among the most important and most controversial issues of

  working life today. While the wage constitutes a significant cost item

  for employers from one side, it forms the sole source of income for

  dependent workers from the other side. The minimum wage, which means the

  lowest wage that can be given to the employees, is a basic social policy

  instrument applied to ensure socio - economic well - being of the

  society Minimum wage application; an income level of a society, national

  income share, level of employment, economic growth status, and practices

  that are designed to increase social welfare. In recent years, many

  countries have emphasized and strengthened the practice of minimum wages

  in the fight against poverty and inequality. The ``2030 Sustainable

  Development Agenda{''''} adopted at the United Nations in 2015 is aimed at

  providing equality for all women and men in all aspects of the working

  environment and developing work / salaries that are worthy of humanity.

  In this study, the European Union and Turkey in the EU process of try

  developing recommendations for the social side of one of the most

  important issues of working life in our country, comparing the minimum

  wage in Turkey is presented.'
affiliation: 'Ocal, M (Corresponding Author), Mehmet Akif Ersoy Univ, Sosyal Hizmet
  Bolumu, Burdur, Turkey.

  Ocal, Mehmet, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Univ, Sosyal Hizmet Bolumu, Burdur, Turkey.

  Karaalp-Orhan, Hacer Simay, Pamukkale Univ, Calisma Ekon \& Endustri Bolumu, Denizli,
  Turkey.'
author: Ocal, Mehmet and Karaalp-Orhan, Hacer Simay
author-email: 'mocal@mehmetakif.edu.tr

  skaraalp@pau.edu.tr'
author_list:
- family: Ocal
  given: Mehmet
- family: Karaalp-Orhan
  given: Hacer Simay
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.30798/makuiibf.437207
files: []
issn: 2149-1658
journal: 'JOURNAL OF MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE

  SCIENCES FACULTY'
keywords: Wage; Minimum Wage; European Union; Turkey
language: Turkish
month: DEC
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '36'
orcid-numbers: 'Karaalp-Orhan, Hacer Simay/0000-0001-9889-1494

  '
pages: 645-664
papis_id: 7b34180b8e3d794d1f8e1af325e0f235
ref: Ocal2018historicaldevelopmen
researcherid-numbers: 'Karaalp-Orhan, Hacer Simay/AAA-2367-2021

  Orhan, Hacer Simay Karaalp/A-1682-2018'
times-cited: '0'
title: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MINIMUM WAGE APPLICATIONS AND A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
  FOR TURKEY AND EU COUNTRIES
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000454346300013
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '5'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2018'