For the youth!
For the youth!
In cooperation with CDR, we organized 3 workshops in 3 cities, Istanbul, Rize and Trabzon. The aim of the project was to support young people between the ages of 18-25 to identify the problems that concern them and to produce innovative solutions for these problems. These problems covered areas such as youth representation, youth poverty, […]
The third Arayüz Youth Summit, which has become a tradition, took place on Wednesday, May 3rd. This year, we focused on the 2023 General Elections. Accordingly, we held Round Table meetings with young parliamentary candidates during the nomination process before the Summit. During the meetings, we listened to young parliamentary candidates about the dynamics within […]
At Youth Matters #5, which took place on Wednesday 19th of April, we hosted Erkan Baş, Chairperson of the Workers’ Party of Türkiye. In the event moderated by journalist Beril Eski, Erkan Baş first answered the moderator’s questions and then answered the questions of the young people participating in the event, addressing the dominant understanding […]
This report focuses on youth relations with politics in Turkey, where being young in the grip of political, economic, social and ecological crises has become a “difficult task”. It is the result of field research based on four focus groups representing different segments (organized in political parties, organized in NGOs, unorganized and non-students) and a […]
“Youth, youth issues and the voicing of demands for youth issues have become an increasingly dominant phenomenon in Turkey in recent years. In the last decade, the problems of youth have had an increasing impact and appearance on Turkey’s social, economic and especially political agenda. Naturally, there are socio-economic and political reasons for this. When […]
At Youth Matters #1, we hosted Mustafa Gözel, Vice President of the Future Party in charge of Youth Policies. The young people who attended the event at Impact Hub Istanbul asked many questions ranging from the KPSS scandal to Jamia dormitories, from the pride parade to the Victory Party, from the 7th of June process […]
The heads of the six parties, known as the Table of Six, come together at certain times to discuss the policies they will pursue. They have held six meetings so far and published five joint statements. The Arayuz Campaign team searched for answers to the questions of how much the Table of Six puts youth […]
As young people, we want to have more say and be at the decision-making tables. We know that representation is a problem and we believe that this problem must be overcome. But what do we understand by decision tables? How can we have a say? What happens when we don’t have a seat at the […]
The Erasmus Student mobility 2021-2022 started last September. Students from many universities in Turkey have already traveled to Europe to study or do internships in various European countries. However, they encountered a situation they did not expect. For those who are not familiar with the situation, Erasmus is a student exchange program funded by the […]
Every day we deal with many problems and struggle for life. But it would not be wrong to say that the issue that is most on our agenda is the changing purchasing power due to inflation. Because despite all our work and efforts, our purchasing power is constantly decreasing and we are becoming poorer. Of […]