Türkiye’de Orta Gelirli Sınıfın Profili

Utilizing the data from Surveys on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), this paper provides a general profile on the middle-income-class in Turkey over the period 2005-2011. In order to define middle-class, a relative income measure is employed and the households in this class are also investigated considering their gender, education level, region and sector of economic activity. The results of the study suggest that individuals in middle-income-class could not have benefited from the positive growth experienced by Turkey from 2005 to 2011. Income inequality in middle income is low and more stabile with respect to general inequality. Another significant finding of the study is that the limited progress in income inequality over 2005-2011 period could not have provided an increase in welfare of the households in middle-income-class