Research Article

The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic

Volume: 15 Number: 3 July 31, 2022
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The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic

Abstract

This study researches the bachelor tax from a historical perspective. The study focuses on discussions regarding the bachelor tax since the early period of Turkey, underlining that it was not introduced as a separate tax in the Turkish tax system. Süleyman Sırrı Bey has repeatedly proposed a law for the implementation of the bachelor tax. However, these proposals always resulted in negative. Therefore, this tax could not take its place in the Turkish tax system. Although these tax proposals were not put into effect, the press of the period showed a close interest to it. Due to the close interest of the Turkish press to this tax, newspapers constitute the basis of the study. As discussed below, there were both in favor and against opinions on the bachelor tax. In some news, moreover, there was a sarcastic approach to this tax. The view, for instance, that ‘I sell my coat and pay my taxes, but still will not get married’ is quite interesting. As a result, the discussions regarding bachelor tax had an important position in the first years of the Republic. On the other hand, nowadays, the bachelor tax has also been the subject of discussion in the Turkish press. But, based on these discussions, the study concludes that it is not easy to introduce the bachelor tax today.

Keywords

Tax, bachelor, the bachelor tax, süleyman sırrı

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APA
Yeşilyurt, Ş. (2022). The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 15(3), 663-679. https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA
AMA
1.Yeşilyurt Ş. The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022;15(3):663-679. https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA
Chicago
Yeşilyurt, Şahin. 2022. “The Nightmare of Bachelors: Debates on the Bachelor Tax in the Early Years of the Turkish Republic”. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 15 (3): 663-79. https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA.
EndNote
Yeşilyurt Ş (July 1, 2022) The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 15 3 663–679.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Yeşilyurt, “The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic”, Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 663–679, July 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA
ISNAD
Yeşilyurt, Şahin. “The Nightmare of Bachelors: Debates on the Bachelor Tax in the Early Years of the Turkish Republic”. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 15/3 (July 1, 2022): 663-679. https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA.
JAMA
1.Yeşilyurt Ş. The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022;15:663–679.
MLA
Yeşilyurt, Şahin. “The Nightmare of Bachelors: Debates on the Bachelor Tax in the Early Years of the Turkish Republic”. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 3, July 2022, pp. 663-79, https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA.
Vancouver
1.Şahin Yeşilyurt. The nightmare of bachelors: Debates on the bachelor tax in the early years of the Turkish Republic. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 1;15(3):663-79. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA98RU55RA