ABSTRACT

This study aims to examine extensively the effects of The Universal Credit, which has been phased, implemented since 2013 on the beneficiaries. In this study, in order to understand the effects of the Universal Credit on the beneficiaries, the implementation of the Universal Credit was addressed in all its aspects, and the differences between the Universal Credit and the previous system was detailed. In this study, the selection of the effects of the implementation of the Universal Credit welfare reform which aims to put people to work on the beneficiaries was based on the Poverty Alliance’s extensive studies conducted on the applicability of the Universal Credit. In the categorization of the effects were based on the titles come to the forefront mostly in the research reports related to the implementation of Universal Credit. In this context, the effects of the Universal Credit on beneficiaries were examined in terms of different family compositions, online application to the system, commitment at the time of application, method of payment, and the emotional effects created by the system. Also, to be able to understand the effects faced and could be faced by the beneficiaries was fallowed a certain systematic steps for classification of the effects from top to bottom.