Özet:

The COVID-19 disease, which emerged in the People's Republic of China and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, is also a comprehensive struggle in our country, as well as all over the world. It preserves the uncertainty whether the economic and social life will return to normal globally because the presence of COVID-19 which is very high and has not yet been treated will not be known who is the carrier. On the one hand, the process called "new normal" is prepared while on the other hand, the reduction of the economic effects of the epidemic requires the creation of new programs. It is important that the state-applicated social support programmes in emergencies such as COVID-19 epidemic are designed to reduce the economic, social and psychological effects of the epidemic and implement without a waste of time.  The aim of this study is to provide information about the target audience, purpose, implementation process of social support programs implemented during the COVID-19 epidemic in Turkey.