History

The Department of Social Work was established in 2017 within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Gazi University and commenced teaching in the 2018–2019 academic year with 60 students enrolled through the supplementary intake. The programme lasts four years and is taught in Turkish.
Social work is a profession that contributes to social change, problem-solving in human relationships, empowerment and emancipation, with the aim of enhancing the well-being of individuals, families, groups and society.
A social worker/social services specialist: develops the problem-solving and coping capacities of individuals, families, groups and communities to ensure, restore, protect and enhance psycho-social functioning; supports social change; and ensures that social policies and programmes are planned and implemented to meet human needs, by utilising theories relating to human behaviour and social systems and applying methods and techniques specific to social work.