The Role of Women`s Cooperatives in Local Development: Search of Yalvaç Pisidia Antiokheia Women Entrepreneurs Cooperative

Authors : Mustafa ÖZYÜCEL

Pages : 516-529

Doi:10.21076/vizyoner.1190188

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Publication Date : 2023-05-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Due to the limited resources in the world and the increasing global competition, countries are trying to use their production factors effectively. An effective resource management creates increases in the growth figures of countries. In Turkey, various supports are given to cooperatives in order to increase production and to eliminate the rural-urban discrimination. Recently, women\`s cooperatives have come to the fore among cooperative activities. Thanks to women\`s cooperatives, it is aimed to increase production and increase the place of women in economic life. Yalvaç Psidia Antiokheia Women Entrepreneurs Cooperative, which was established in 2019, can be given as an example to this situation. In the study, the evaluation of the economic supports provided by the state by the members of Yalvaç Psidia Antiokheia Women Entrepreneurs Cooperative and the reflections of the cooperatives on the financial status of the members are discussed. The findings obtained as a result of the study show that the incomes of the members in the middle age group increase more than the others, the satisfaction of being a member of the cooperative increases with a high education level, and the ideas of the members in this group about immigration emerge.
Keywords : Kalkınma, Yerel Kalkınma, Kooperatifçilik, Kadın Kooperatifçiliği