Turkey earthquake: What is the future for young people?

Business Daily

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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As the rescue and recovery effort from the devastating earthquake continues, young people who survived are making tough decisions about the future. With Turkey already struggling economically even before the disaster, do they leave and start again in a new region, or a new country? Or stay and help rebuild? Victoria Craig travels to Ankara where she meets Berkay, a second year design student from Gaziantep, one of the most badly affected cities. He drove for 12 hours with his family to reach the Turkish capital. He says he's not sure what the future holds, and he is considering moving to another European country. Roger Kelly is the lead regional economist for Turkey at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He explains how youth unemployment is a particular challenge for southern Turkey, and says it's difficult to say whether people who have been displaced will return when areas are rebuilt. And Professor Güneş Aşık from TOBB Economics and Technical University says students affected by the earthquake might not find it that easy - they might have to drop out of university to support their families. Produced and presented by Victoria Craig. Additional production by Anil Ergın. (Image: A rescue centre in Ankara. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:00.0	It's been nearly two weeks since a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria killed more than 40,000 people.
0:10.2	The widespread collapse of buildings across 10 Turkish provinces has displaced tens of thousands more.
0:16.3	It sent survivors fleeing to the safety of other cities and left them with lingering questions about what their futures hold.
0:26.2	I don't know what to do now, but if I had a choice,
0:28.4	I'd prefer to move to a country that has better conditions than Turkey.
0:32.1	I'm Victoria Craig, and in this edition of Business Daily,
0:35.3	we're putting the focus on Turkey's young adults,
0:38.2	ones whose educations have been disrupted because of disaster and whose next big life steps
0:43.5	are now unclear.
0:45.3	Job opportunities are tight.
0:47.4	In other regions, housing is very expensive in big cities, right?
0:51.2	Especially in Istanbul, in Ankara.
0:53.2	I mean, there's a housing crisis.
0:54.6	The rental prices are very high.
0:57.4	I mean, it's going to put even further burden in big cities,
1:01.7	and I don't think there's much room to accommodate.
1:05.6	Southern Turkey was home to a young population,
1:08.4	but now with so many people scattered across the country and searching
1:12.7	for opportunity and stability, the question is, will they find a new home or return to the ones
1:19.4	they knew to rebuild? That discussion all ahead on Business Daily from the BBC.
1:38.2	Turkey's capital is some 600 kilometers north from the epicenter of the deadly February 6th earthquake. When tragedy struck, families that could escape piled into cars, buses, even planes,
1:45.8	and made the hours, sometimes days-long journey to safety here in Ankara.
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