73% of Young People in Turkey Don’t Want to Live in Turkey

Germany-based Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Association has published the results of its research on the z generation in Turkey. Held face-to-face with 3,243 people in 28 provinces between May – September 2021.Turkey Youth Survey 2021‘ study revealed important results for young people aged 18-25 in our country.

According to the youth, it is among the most fundamental problems of the country today and in the future. economic depression, high inflation and cost of living comes first. 82.9% of young people Income distribution in Turkey is uneven. while the rate of young people who say that the income distribution is equal is only 1.8%. Regarding unemployment, 87.3% of young people are in Turkey unemployment is too high says.

55.2% are neither happy nor unhappy with their life

When young people are asked about their satisfaction and happiness 55.2% of them are ‘neither fully happy or unhappy with their current life’ appears to have answered. 25.8% of the participants are current that you are not satisfied with your lifeOn the contrary, he expresses that he is unhappy. The survey also revealed some of the young people’s views on politics.

75.9% do not trust politicians:

Young people surveyed 56.1% of them do not trust politicians at all. it states. On the other hand, those who answered ‘I don’t trust’ or ‘I don’t trust’ as 75.9% of the total is seen. While a group of 48% stated that they ‘never trust’ the President, this rate rises to 58.8% with those who say ‘I do not trust’. On the other hand, 8.9% of the group say that they are ‘very confident’, and this ratio rises to 10.5% in total with those who say ‘confident’.

73% of young people want to live outside Turkey:

In the survey, ‘If you had the opportunity, would you like to live in Turkey or in another country?’ Again, he gave a sad answer to the question. of young people 72.9% of them wanted to live in a country other than Turkey, if given the opportunity. stated. The first choice of this group is the big European countries with 30.6%, especially Germany, England and France. The USA, Canada and Scandinavian countries were also among the popular responses. on the other hand

• confidence rate in the police force is 74.5%,
• Confidence rate in the army 68.1%
• to the justice system insecurity rate 63.6%,
• the rate of distrust in the media is 62.4%,
• The rate of distrust in clergy was 56.7% and
• to scientists confidence rate was 70.3%.

The research also showed that 98.2% of young people use social media, and 49.1% spend an average of more than 4 hours a day on social media. Other results from the survey were as follows:

• Distrust rate in the United Nations: 48.1%
• Distrust rate of the European Union: 50.6%
• Distrust rate in NATO: 52.5%
• 70% do not trust the USA and Russia.
• 74.9% do not trust China.
• 60% do not trust Germany, England and France.
• 80% do not find the state’s immigration policy towards Syrians positive.
  • 41.5% of them said that Turkish citizens should be helped instead of Syrians,
  • 26.6% of them give assistance to Syrians only in matters of nutrition, shelter and health,
  • 56.7% of them say that when there is peace in Syria, they should all be sent back to their countries.
• 62.5% are not satisfied with the current administration of the country (5.9% are satisfied)
• The rate of those who believe that human rights are respected 3.7%
  • The rate of those who say that they are not respected 65.9%
• 35.2% of young people are hopeless about Turkey’s future
  • Although 27.6% do not see the future very well, they are hopeful
  • 19.4% think that Turkey’s situation is always the same.
  • 10% see the future very well and express their hope for the future.
• 38.9% of the youth hold the ruling and opposition politicians responsible for today’s problems.
  • 34.6% hold the President responsible.
  • 8.5% are internal enemies,
  • 5.7% opposition,
  • While 5% blame external enemies,
  • 6.1% give different answers and
  • 1.2% say that Turkey does not have a problem.