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- Title
THE NIGHTMARE OF BACHELORS: DEBATES ON THE BACHELOR TAX IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC.
- Authors
YEŞİLYURT, Şahin
- Abstract
This study researches the bachelor tax from a historical perspective. The study focuses on discussions regarding the bachelor tax since the early period of Turkey, underlining that it was not introduced as a separate tax in the Turkish tax system. Süleyman Sırrı Bey has repeatedly proposed a law for the implementation of the bachelor tax. However, these proposals always resulted in negative. Therefore, this tax could not take its place in the Turkish tax system. Although these tax proposals were not put into effect, the press of the period showed a close interest to it. Due to the close interest of the Turkish press to this tax, newspapers constitute the basis of the study. As discussed below, there were both in favor and against opinions on the bachelor tax. In some news, moreover, there was a sarcastic approach to this tax. The view, for instance, that 'I sell my coat and pay my taxes, but still will not get married' is quite interesting. As a result, the discussions regarding bachelor tax had an important position in the first years of the Republic. On the other hand, nowadays, the bachelor tax has also been the subject of discussion in the Turkish press. But, based on these discussions, the study concludes that it is not easy to introduce the bachelor tax today.
- Subjects
TURKEY; TAXATION; POPULATION policy; FISCAL policy; PUBLIC spending
- Publication
Omer Halisdemir Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 3, p663
- ISSN
2564-6931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25287/ohuiibf.1060599