WISHFUL THINKING OR SOLUTION? THE CONCEPT OF OPEN ADOPTION AND ITS FUTURE

This article discusses the concept of adoption with post-adoption contact, otherwise known as ‘open adoption,’ which has been debated in the UK for more than three decades. In the light of English case law and literature, the article compares the current situation in Turkey and in the UK. Then it argues whether contact with birth relatives within adoptive placement after the adoption can be a new model for Turkey to solve problems arising from changes in the concept of parenthood and the background and characteristics of available children for adoption.