{"id":2175,"date":"2025-10-10T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:11:25","slug":"the-situation-of-neet-youth-in-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/the-situation-of-neet-youth-in-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Situation of NEET Youth in T\u00fcrkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Against this European backdrop, T\u00fcrkiye faces an even more pronounced NEET challenge. According to 2023 data, 31.1% of young people in T\u00fcrkiye are classified as NEET<\/strong>, a rate that is more than double the OECD average. The situation is especially critical for young women<\/strong>, who account for over 65% of the NEET population<\/strong>, and for youth living in economically disadvantaged or remote regions, particularly in the south-east of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEET youth in T\u00fcrkiye are a highly diverse group. While some are actively seeking employment, others are discouraged, informally employed, or disconnected from both education and labour market services. Structural challenges such as difficult school-to-work transitions, limited access to quality vocational training, regional inequalities and childcare responsibilities disproportionately affect young women and contribute to long-term inactivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Policy Responses and Programmes in T\u00fcrkiye<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In response, T\u00fcrkiye has taken a step-by-step policy approach<\/strong> to addressing NEET youth, aligning parts of its strategy with EU standards and definitions. The National Youth Employment Strategy (2021\u20132023)<\/strong> was introduced to strengthen links between education and the labour market, improve employability, and facilitate smoother transitions from school to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key role is played by \u0130\u015eKUR<\/strong>, the Turkish Employment Agency, which implements several EU-funded and nationally supported programmes. Initiatives such as NEET PRO<\/strong>, co-funded by the European Union, focus on outreach strategies, individual action plans and vocational training tailored specifically to NEET youth. In parallel, projects implemented with international partners, including UNICEF<\/strong>, place a strong emphasis on young women, continued education, skills development and empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00fcrkiye has also invested in data collection and monitoring<\/strong>, regularly measuring NEET rates through T\u00dc\u0130K and applying EU-compatible definitions to track progress. Proposals for dedicated NEET monitoring centres aim to ensure individual follow-up, early intervention and sustainable reintegration pathways. Additionally, recent policies increasingly recognise the importance of a gender- and region-sensitive approach<\/strong>, including childcare support, flexible work models, regional employment incentives and awareness-raising campaigns targeting both young people and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridging European Best Practices and National Action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Taken together, the two infographics highlight a shared understanding: reducing NEET rates requires coordinated, long-term and inclusive strategies<\/strong>. The EU experience demonstrates the value of early intervention, strong public employment services, quality training offers and sustained funding. T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s evolving approach shows how these principles can be adapted to a different socio-economic context, with particular attention to gender inequality, regional disparities and institutional capacity building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For civil society organisations, youth workers and policy stakeholders, this comparison underlines the importance of transferring and localising EU best practices<\/strong>, strengthening cross-sector cooperation and ensuring that no young person remains invisible to support systems. Addressing the NEET challenge is not only an employment issue \u2013 it is a matter of social cohesion, equal opportunity and the future resilience of our societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Against this European backdrop, T\u00fcrkiye faces an even more pronounced NEET challenge. According to 2023 data, 31.1% of young people in T\u00fcrkiye are classified as NEET, a rate that is more than double the OECD average. The situation is especially critical for young women, who account for over 65% of the NEET population, and for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2177,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/2177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provisionbg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}