Publications

Books

Bridging the Real Divide: Social and Regional Policy in Turkey’s EU Accession Process.

Dimitris Tsarouhas, Ebru Ertugal, Ayse Idil Aybars (2007). Ankara: METU Press.

Articles

Straddling two continents: Social policy and welfare politics in Turkey.

Aybars, A. I. and D. Tsarouhas (2010),  Social Policy and Administration, Special Issue of on Welfare and Social Policy in the Middle East (forthcoming)

Work-life balance in the EU and leave arrangements across welfare regimes.

Aybars, A. I. (2007), Industrial Relations Journal, Annual European Review, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 569-590

Chapters

The European Employment Strategy and the Europeanisation of Gender Equality in Employment.

Aybars, A. I. (2008), in F. Beveridge and S. Velluti (eds.) Gender and the Open Method of Co-ordination: Perspectives on Law, Governance and Equality in the EU. Aldershot: Ashgate

The Development of the EU Gender Equality Framework: A Bridge between the Economic and the Social.

Aybars, A. I. (2007), in D. Tsarouhas, E. Ertugal and A. I. Aybars (eds.) Bridging the Real Divide: Social and Regional Policy in Turkey’s EU Accession Process. Ankara: METU Press.

Introduction: The EU-Turkey Debate Revisited.

Tsarouhas, D., Ertugal, E. and Aybars, A. I. (2007), in D. Tsarouhas, E. Ertugal and A. I. Aybars (eds.) Bridging the Real Divide: Social and Regional Policy in Turkey’s EU Accession Process. Ankara: METU Press.

Bridging the Real Divide: The Importance of Social and Regional Policy in Turkey’s EU Accession Process.

Tsarouhas, D., Ertugal, E. and Aybars, A. I. (2007), in D. Tsarouhas, E. Ertugal and A. I. Aybars (eds.) Bridging the Real Divide: Social and Regional Policy in Turkey’s EU Accession Process. Ankara: METU Press.

Reviews

The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities, by Francis G. Castles (2004), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Aybars, A. I. (2006) Journal of Social Policy, Vol.35, No.2, April 2006

Gender and the Welfare State: Care, Work and Welfare in Europe and the USA, by M. Daly and K. Rake (2003), Cambridge: Polity Press.

Aybars, A. I. (2004) International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Vol.41, No.1, April 2004.

Research and policy papers

Gender Equality in the EU and in Turkey.

Aybars, A. I. (2009) Policy Brief, Mobilizing Local Networks for a Better Informed Dialogue on Turkey's Accession to the EU. METU: Ankara

Social Dialogue and its Contribution to Social Cohesion in Turkey.

Glynos, G., Kaeding, M. and Aybars, A. I. (2008), Briefing Paper, the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs. Brussels: European Parliament

Other

UNFPA 4th Country Programme Gender Component Evaluation Report.

UN Country Office, Ankara, Turkey

United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Mid-Term Review.

UN Country Office, Ankara, Turkey