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they change the region, and even the world. Nowadays, in our globe, the Social problems attract
more interest as poverty, hunger, lake of education, population growth, are waiting for worldwide
solutions with an international perception. obviously, all countries are undergoing an analysis
of humanity, where the globalization of principles and conscientious tasks have become vital
requirements besides principal.
Turkey especially Istanbul shows an extremely genuine, resolution-based, regulation and justice-oriented move toward to both local and international issues. It is approaching worldwide
issues, worldwide and local matter with mankind being-centered, conscience-oriented values
advocates the domination of law, not the law of the superior. Istanbul attaches equivalent importance to sustainable development, fair division and mostly the union of civilization and believe
enthusiastically that a diverse humankind could be built with an idea in the wealth of the difference.
Strategies and Actions
It has been a 25-years past since sustainable growth was distinct by the Brundtland Report and
two years since that humankind leaders reached an agreement on a more responsive approach
to environment and growth. Within this era, while positive developments were achieved in many
fields such as:
• Fighting poverty by creating employment opportunities.
• Sustainable apply of natural resources.
• Improving the excellence of education and health services and rising ease of access to these
services.
• Increasing the accessibility to clean water, safe energy sources and food.
• Supporting the disadvantaged segments of the society, especially women and youth, for a
grateful life.
It is not possible to say that global, international and local improvements are sufficient enough.
It is a fact that “sustainable development” schedule created by world leaders in 1992 is still valid
for the needs of today’s world. Nevertheless, developments and changes in the world in last two
decades point out the need to strengthen and support this agenda. Ng, M (2005 ) mentioned
that with the impact of globalization, any problem in a corner of the world affects lives in other
geographies easily; the benefits of globalization can spread rapidly if right policies are developed
regarding the opportunities of globalization. The problems like economic crises, environmental
problems, natural disasters and infectious diseases are not local anymore. Advanced transportation and communication technologies affected social and economic life deeply; knowledge and
experience can be shared easily; and it is possible to increase the quality of many services, prevent accidents or take precautions earlier with the help of these technologies. Advancements in
science and technology have served to increase the quality of life. On the other hand, despite the
precautions taken until today ecological boundaries of the world, which are degraded by human
activities, still face serious threats. These improvements did not change the rationale of the sustainable development attempt accepted in 1992; on the contrary they necessitated determining
new methods and instruments for fighting against the problems.
Social Strategies and Developments
Social policies have been regarded as a reverberation approach to promoting human values
and improving environmental quality (Adams and Hastings 2001). In this context, considerable
achievements regarding poverty eradication, better income distribution, extension of social protection measures and services for disadvantaged, provision of equal opportunities to access basic

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