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    Citation - WoS: 5
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    It Is Voluntary Transfer! Exploring Healthcare Reforms in Turkey
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017) Yilmaz, Gozde
    The Turkish healthcare system has been transformed in the 2000s by adopting a comprehensive health model - the so-called Turkish Model. Although Europeanization dynamics were effective in Turkey in recent decades due to the acceleration of European Union (EU) accession process after 1999, healthcare reforms demonstrate a distinct process. This article analyzes the factors behind the health transformation through employing a policy transfer framework. It argues that a parallel process of health-policy transfer with Europeanization in other areas emerged in Turkey, and rather than the EU push, the Turkish healthcare model was a result of voluntary engagement for eliminating problems in this domain.