For the youth!
We scrutinized the social media channels most heavily used by the youth to examine the promises and programs of parties related to youth. We scanned the official X (Twitter) accounts of all parties’ youth branches. Additionally, we included news from media organizations in our scan and reviewed the promises made at events and programs attended […]
In Türkiye, while the right to vote and be elected, possessed by every citizen who has reached the age of 18, seems to create an equal political understanding, the fact that this right cannot be used equally by everyone in practice shows that this issue is deeper. It is quite important for every individual’s representation […]
The role of young people in Turkey’s political history, especially in local elections, is a significant subject. In a metropolis like Istanbul, the process of young candidates stepping into the political scene can be seen as a reflection of the overall political dynamics in the country. In this article, we will examine the young candidates […]
As the Arayüz Campaign, we are in need of data-driven and high-quality research on the political representation of young people in Türkiye. Producing work to fill this gap not only supports our efforts but also provides strong arguments for evidence-based advocacy by other youth organizations. With this motivation, we have created this information note, which […]
Young people aged 18-24 were able to run for and be elected as metropolitan, province, district, and town mayors for the first time in the 2019 local elections, following the reduction of the eligible age for candidacy to 18 in 2017. After this change, in the 2019 local elections, a total of 336 young people […]
Program for Increasing Youth Participation in Local Governments launch event was held in Istanbul on Monday, 20 November. We discussed the details of the programme and our new term projects and were accompanied by representatives from civil society, members of the press and politicians. For more information about the Program for Increasing Youth Participation in […]
Representing the Arayuz Campaign, our Campaign Director Nevzat Taşcı and Communication Director Serra Semiz were in Germany for a series of meetings between October 9-13. A meeting was held with SPD deputy Gülistan Yüksel at the German Parliament on the political participation and representation of young people migrating from Turkey to Germany. Our directors also […]
Representing the Arayuz Campaign, our Campaign Director Nevzat Taşcı and Communication Director Serra Semiz met with MPs from various parties at the Turkish Grand National Assembly on October 5-6. Within the scope of this visit, we met with CHP İzmir MP Gökçe Gökçen, CHP İstanbul MP Namık Tan, CHP Zonguldak MP Deniz Yavuzyılmaz and CHP […]
We are pleased to announce our program to support young candidates for municipal council members for the local elections that will take place on 31 March 2024. The program, under which 100 young people between the ages of 18-30 who want to be a municipal council member will take part, will include a total of […]
The aim of this study is to examine why the subgroups of the youth, which came to the fore with the 2023 elections in Türkiye, are ignored and excluded by politics. For this purpose, we first identified the youth groups that political parties and politicians do not produce promises, do not address, or are addressed […]