The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Industry and Technology support the private sector with ready-to-use production facilities in order to employ young people in labor-intensive sectors. The Working and Producing Youth Program implemented in 33 provinces will be a source of bread for 55 thousand young people in total.
Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu and Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank came together in Izmir for the promotion of the program and facility openings. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Kasapoğlu said, “We are carrying out this project with the goal of a youth who actively participates in life, does his job properly, constantly improves himself and gains merits.” Then, Minister Varank said, “Thanks to the facilities we have established, we have become our districts that export for the first time in their history.” used the phrases.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE PROVINCE
A protocol was signed between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Industry and Technology in order to enable young people to participate in employment in the provinces they live in. In line with the protocol, the “Working and Producing Youth Programme” was started to be implemented with the aim of supporting the personal and social development of young people. While developing the program, the reports prepared by the General Directorate of Development Agencies were used.
THEY COME WITH TOGG
A ceremony was held in İzmir for the promotion of the program and the opening of the facilities that started operating. Ministers Kasapoğlu and Varank came to the ceremony held at the Sabancı Culture Palace with Turkey's car, Togg. After the introductory film was shown at the ceremony, Ceyhan Yaman and Yunus Özdemir, textile workers from Muş, who started their business life with the program, and Mine Baydan, a shoe factory worker from Şanlıurfa Suruçlu, took the stage and gave speeches.
MY CONFIDENCE INCREASED
Muşlu Ceyhan Yaman stated that she is a 33-year-old mother of 2 children and said, “I looked for a job for a long time, but I could not find it. I met this program and started to work. My self-confidence has increased. Thankfully, I can contribute to my children's education.” said.
I FEEL LACKED
Muslu Yunus Özdemir explained that he graduated from high school at the age of 26 and said, “I tried very hard, I couldn't find a job. I got into this job, I felt incomplete before. I had the motivation to improve myself, but it was not possible. Now it's done.” he said.
I TAKE MY FATHER'S LOAD
Mine Baydan from Şanlıurfa Suruç also noted: I felt useless. I came across this program on the occasion of the governorship. I started to work in a shoe company in Şanlıurfa OSB. My self-confidence has increased. I took my father's financial burden.
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Kasapoğlu said:
A SPECIAL PROJECT
Whatever the demands of young people are, we are there. Our goal is to prepare all the children of the country for the future in every field. This project is a very special project that affects many cities of our country. We are a young country, we are a dynamic country. As all institutions and organizations, we strive to prepare our young people well-equipped for both today and tomorrow, under the leadership of our President, with his vast vision.
100 PERCENT OVERCOME
Our aim is to increase the light in the eyes of our youth and the happiness on their faces. That's why this project is very important to us. It is a project that 100 percent overlaps with our goals as a ministry as a government. We are carrying out this project with the goal of a youth who actively participates in life, does his job properly, constantly improves himself, and gains merits.
IT IS NOT JUST A WORKPLACE
Our biggest goal is to prepare the children of this country for the future in the strongest way, without any discrimination, in the most equipped way, with their culture, knowledge and sports, in every field. This project exists for this with the working youth. These places are more than just workplaces. It is also a living space with its social facilities and sports facilities. These are our important goals.
Minister Varank also stated the following in his speech:
MODERN FACILITIES
With the support of our Ministry of Youth and Sports, we started the Working and Producing Youth Program. Especially in regions where youth unemployment is high and women's employment is relatively low, we built modern production and service facilities and offered them to private sector investors. Thus, we increase both production capacity and employment opportunities.
3 PEOPLE WORK IN URFA
We employ approximately 46 thousand working brothers in 4 factories that are currently operating. We are building sports facilities next to these factories so that our young people can socialize. In order to support the participation of our women in the workforce, we are opening nurseries to serve their children. Thanks to the facilities we have established, we have become the first districts in their history to export. While the number of employees in the shoe industry in Şanlıurfa was 2011 in 35, approximately 3 thousand people work today and half of the production is exported.
CALL CENTER IN IĞDIR
After the speeches, live connections were made to the factories in Muş, Iğdır and Şanlıurfa, which were opened. Governor Hüseyin Engin Sarıibrahim opened the call center in Iğdır, which employs 451 young people and has an indoor area of 2 thousand square meters. The call center aims to employ a thousand people in double shifts.
TEXTILE WORKSHOP IN MUŞ
Governor İlker Gündüzöz opened the ready-to-wear textile workshop in Sultan Alparslan Tekstilkent in Muş, employing 597 people. Governor Gündüzöz said that exports were made to 25 countries in the textile city.
SHOES INVESTMENT IN SURUÇ
Şanlıurfa Governor Salih Ayhan also cut the ribbon of the shoe workshop in Suruç, which gave employment to 140 young people. Stating that 17 factories were built within the scope of the program and 7 of them started production, Governor Ayhan stated that these factories will be a center of attraction in both the textile and footwear industry.
SUPPORT FOR 111 PROJECTS
Within the scope of the Working and Producing Youth Program, 111 projects are supported with 1.3 billion liras. With these supports, it is aimed to create a total of 161 workshops and to employ 55 thousand people in these workshops. Construction of 50 projects within the framework of the program has been completed. 26 workshops in 46 projects were allocated to companies. In sectors such as textile, ready-made clothing, furniture, shoes, greenhouses and call centers, 3 thousand 936 young people were employed. Social facilities were not neglected in the production facilities within the scope of the program. Nursery, sports facilities and training areas were also designed to be integrated with the factories.
33 PROVINCES INCLUDED
The 33 provinces within the scope of the program are as follows: Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Ardahan, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkari, Hatay, Iğdır, Kars, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Muş, Nevşehir. , Nigde, Ordu, Rize, Siirt, Sinop, Sanliurfa, Sirnak, Tekirdag, Trabzon, Tunceli and Van.