Dr. Kezban Çelik’s Article Titled “Unemployment as a chronic problem facing young people in Turkey”
Tarih: Date -
Dr. Kezban Çelik’s article titled “Unemployment as a chronic problem facing young people in Turkey” was published in the 2018 issue 2 of the journal Research and Policy on Turkey, volume 3.
Click here to access the article.
Abstract
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world. Living in a developing country, Turkey’s young population experiences similar problems with unemployment and the transition to the labour market. Officially unemployment stood at nearly 11% in the first quarter of 2018 and the rate of youth unemployment was higher than twice the average of OECD countries – although the number of young people in higher education skyrocketed. However, the present troubles of Turkey’s youth in the labour market leave many of them questioning the meaning of acquiring an education, as well as the efficiency of the education system itself. It is common knowledge that higher education graduates in the 20–24 age group are more likely to be unemployed than adults who have lesser qualifications and young women are affected worst. Any effort to address the issue will need to draw on our understanding of various factors like labour market structure, demography, gender, and migration dynamics underlying unemployment and labour relations in Turkey today. This article evaluates these factors with a view to assessing their impact on the young generation of Turkey and shed light on youth unemployment and labour issues in the country.
Keywords
Youth, Young people, Unemployment, Youth unemployment, Turkey