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Elderly Issues Research AssociationA scientific home for research on ageing

Founded 1998 · Denizli, Türkiye

Ageing belongs to no
single discipline.

YASAD treats ageing as far more than a biological process: it supports research that examines ageing in its social, cultural, economic, political, psychological, ergonomic and architectural dimensions. A peer-reviewed journal, a biennial national congress and a three-year academy are the main pillars of that work.

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28

Years

since its foundation in 1998

165

Articles

across 16 volumes, all open access

13

Congresses

held in cities across Türkiye since 2001

53

First graduates

Third Age Academy, 11 May 2026

Journal archive · since 2001

The whole shelf is open

Move over a volume spine and click to open it. Spines run from the earliest volume on the left to the most recent on the right, and their height grows with the volume number.

Volumes 5–7 (2012–2014) and the printed issues published between 2001 and 2007 are not held in the electronic archive. Archive page

Current issue

Elderly Issues Research Journal

Issue
Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026)
Frequency
Two issues a year (June and December)
Indexed in
DOAJ, Crossref, Index Copernicus (ICI), ASCI
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National Ageing Congresses

Every two years, another city, the same question.

Specialists in gerontology, medicine, social work, sociology and architecture convene to develop policy proposals on ageing in place, long-term care, digital literacy and accessibility. Each congress is organised by the association with a host university, in some years with the participation of the local authority.

Congress archive

Most recent congress: 13th National Ageing Congress — Karabük 2025 · Education for Older Adults

Next

14th National Ageing Congress · Kütahya 2027

The Future of Ageing

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Other areas of work

Since 2019

Third Age Academy

A three-year programme of free, non-credit courses for people aged 60–74, run in partnership with Pamukkale University. Each term lasts twelve to thirteen weeks; the first cohort graduated on 11 May 2026.

Programme3yak.org (opens in a new tab)

Publishing activity

Books

  • 2026 Elderly Care Policies and the Care Economy
  • 2026 Care Education and the Care Process in Later Life
  • 2025 Education for Older Adults
All publications

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Membership

Academic staff at universities, along with researchers, practitioners and artists working on ageing, are eligible for membership. Applications are decided by the executive board within thirty days at the latest.

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