Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1977)

With reference to its observation, the Committee hopes that the Government's next report will include information on the following questions:

1. The Committee notes the information on the Supreme Co-ordination Council of Employment Creation and notes that the functions of the employment service are to carry out labour market policies rather than to prepare them. It requests the Government to supply more detailed information on the procedures adopted by the special expertise committees, to which it referred in its previous direct request, and the above Council, and on the way in which they operate in practice, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the report form adopted by the Governing Body.

2. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government concerning the ILO/UNDP labour market information project, and particularly that the household manpower surveys are due to be extended throughout the country. It would be grateful if the Government would supply detailed information on the practical measures that have been taken to collect and analyse information on the labour market and to conduct research, for example, on the development and application of labour-intensive work methods, in comparison with capital intensive methods (Article 2 of the Convention). Please clarify the divergencies noted in the statistics on the unemployment rate supplied by the Government in its general report and its report for the period ending 30 June 1990.

3. The Committee notes that, despite the absence of detailed statistical data concerning their impact on employment, overall economic policy measures relating to investments and commerce have made it possible to create jobs in certain sectors of the economy, particularly in construction and tourism. It hopes that the Government will be in a position to give details concerning the impact on employment of these measures, and of the measures related to income referred to in its previous report (question I of Article 1 of the report form).

4. The Committee notes with interest that the employment rate of persons who have taken vocational training courses increased from 84.5 per cent to 94 per cent and that it should increase yet again since trainees who conclude their training successfully are offered job opportunities. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply further details in this connection, and information of this type on other programmes, projects and activities related to training, rehabilitation and retraining. The Committee notes the project on the promotion of human resources and employment, within the context of which a study has been carried out on the creation of additional sources of productive employment through the development and co-ordination of the employment market with the education and training system. The results of this study are to be presented to the Government in order to be given practical effect. Please supply information on the composition of the group that carried out the above study, on their conclusions and the extent to which these were adopted and have been followed up in practice.

5. The Committee notes that the number of persons placed in employment in the private sector rose from 101,767 in 1988 to 116,027 in 1989 and that it should exceed 120,000 in 1990. Please continue to indicate the number of jobs that it is envisaged to create or which have been created in this sector as a result of the Government's financial or practical assistance policies.

6. The Committee notes the projects that have been commenced and the measures that have been taken to promote regional development and employment in the least developed regions of the country, particularly in the East, the Centre and the South-East of Anatolia, and in the Black Sea region. It notes that the irrigation project in South-East Anatolia should, in addition to the jobs created during its implementation, practically double the level of employment in the region (this should rise from 1.5 million in 1985 to around 3 million in 2005). Please supply information in the next report on developments in these fields and indicate, if possible, the number of jobs concerned (question 1 of Article 1).

7. The Committee notes with interest the special employment assistance and other measures taken to assist migrant workers returning to the country. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply information in this respect, and particularly statistical data on the number of migrant workers who have returned or who it is estimated will return in the years to come, and details of the extent to which they are integrated into the labour market.