A person who pursues an innovative idea with the potential to solve a community problem is known as social entrepreneur. These individuals are willing to take on the risk and effort to create positive changes in society through their initiatives. Entrepreneurs are engaged in a process of continuous innovation, adaptation, and learning; they are innovative; they break new ground, develop new models, and pioneer new approaches. However, there are different factors that influence the performance of social women entrepreneurs. Basically, age of the entrepreneurs is a major influencing factor of SWE, which has very little research work been conducted in this aspect, which needs to be probed. The present study is carried out with an intention to find out the influence of age on the determinants of social women entrepreneurship. The result shows that middle age entrepreneurs are having strong opinion about various determinants of SWE.

Although it has been attracting a considerable global attention during the last decades, social entrepreneurship is still a relatively new concept in Turkey. Since the concept might provide a viable mechanism against the growing problems of developing countries and also might be a tool against the challenges of economic crisis, there is a strong need for providing a deeper understanding on how the concept is perceived in general and how this perception might be improved within the structural conditions of this country. The current study aims to fill this void with providing an analysis of social entrepreneurship in Turkey. The study shows that despite the existence of an initial awareness on social entrepreneurship and overall consensus on its importance, there is a need for structural support against current challenges in Turkey.

In this chapter, we explore women’s entrepreneurship in Turkey, a country that has remained relatively under-explored in the English language entrepreneurship literature. We have reviewed the English and Turkish language literatures in order to reveal the complex and multi-dimensional nature of female entrepreneurship in Turkey and to address the following questions: (1) What are the triggers and impediments to Turkish women’s entrepreneurial activity? (2) Do Turkish women’s businesses, as an outcome of the entrepreneurial process, exhibit similar patterns to those of men, and to those of women in other developing economies? (3) What are the policy and research implications of these factors?

Together with the industrialization, women began to be included in business life by peeling off of the tasks given them by society and they have become a factor of production creating value in economic and social sense. Thus, women have taken place in the labor market, majority of which has been formed by men. In this study, the experiences of women entrepreneurs, who succeed in business activities, will be analyzed. By the study, current state of the women entrepreneurs in the labor market of Turkey will be put down, as a result of interferences obtained from the shared experiences of women entrepreneurs. Findings obtained at the end of the study are thought to light the way of future studies for increasing women entrepreneurship.

Women are exposed to obstacles all over the world when it comes to Entrepreneurship. Countries that would like to strengthen their economies recognize the potential of the women population, identify the blocking obstacles, translates the needs into an action plan and act. The purpose of this study is to analyze the obstacles which women entrepreneurs in Bursa, the fourth biggest city in Turkey, are dealing with and propose some ideas to handle them. This study also investigates the current entrepreneurship activities in the city. This study is conducted through several surveys filled out by women who have their own companies in Bursa. The research point out the most important obstacles are competitive environment, difficulties in finding qualified employees, lack of capital. One interesting outcome of the research is that families of women are not obstacles for their entrepreneurship. On the contrary they encourage the women during their businesses. The results of the research indicate that despite obstacles women run their own business determinedly. In addition to the results, suggestions are presented for the development of women entrepreneurs.

Every women entrepreneur intends to have societal oriented contribution, but the degree of contribution differs from individual to individual. The degree of contribution and involvement varies based on the financial aspect, regulatory aspect, technical support, access to funding, entrepreneurship culture, and taxation and regulation. The research objective is to understand the status of the social entrepreneur. The objective was achieved by testing 457 samples using stratified random sampling. The major findings of the study were: One fourth of the respondents' business turnover is 11 to 15 lakhs per annum; Study reveals that one fifth of the respondents is doing import and export trade, while the same percentage are doing whole sale and retail business. Study reveals that 40.6 percent of the respondents are motivated by themselves to perform the social activities. Hence the study was concluded with the suggestion of using government schemes and initiatives for innovation and technology integration leading to growth of women entrepreneurs business, self and the society in general.

The definition of social entrepreneurship includes systematic activities aimed at solving many social problems, from human rights, environment, development, social exclusion, poverty reduction. Social entrepreneurship makes an unlimited effort by focusing on social change, ignoring institutional and organizational norms and boundaries. In this sense, generally in the world; In particular, the refugee problem in Turkey has made the concept of social entrepreneurship even more important. In this study, the concept of social entrepreneurship will be discussed and the contribution of social entrepreneurship to solve the refugee problem in Turkey will be discussed.

Self-realization in the professional sphere is one of the most important areas of human activity. In the conditions of socioeconomic crisis, the transition to market relations and strengthening of social stratification, it is important to involve business in solving major social problems. The paper substantiates the importance of the process of teaching unemployed women the basics of social entrepreneurship for their self-realization in this direction. Recommendations are presented on social entrepreneurship education, aimed primarily at unemployed women, creating a positive image of an entrepreneur organizing a socially oriented enterprise, and providing educational support to social entrepreneurs. An educational course "Social Entrepreneurship" has been developed, which can be implemented by regional employment services and non-governmental agencies to promote employment and self-realization of unemployed women.