Statement on vocational education from Minister of Justice Gürlek
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that 25 thousand 812 convicts and detainees were given journeyman, master and master instructor certificates thanks to the vocational training activities carried out in penal institutions.
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Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that 25 thousand 812 convicts and detainees have been given journeyman, master and master instructor certificates so far within the scope of vocational training activities in penal institutions.
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Why It Matters
Vocational training activities are carried out in penal institutions in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of National Education.
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek, in his post on his NSosyal account, stated that a profession is one of the strongest ways for a person to hold on to life again.
Stating that they continue to develop the penal execution system with an approach that reintegrates people into society and encourages education and production, Gürlek said:
"Within the scope of our cooperation with our Ministry of National Education, we enable convicts and detainees to acquire a profession in 73 justice vocational training centers and 6 justice multi-program Anatolian high schools operating in our penal institutions. To date, 25 thousand 812 convicts and detainees have been given journeyman, master and master instructor certificates. We will resolutely continue our execution policies that center on vocational education so that convicts and detainees can continue their lives as professional, productive and reintegrated individuals into society after their release."
Open Questions
- In which professions are certificates given?
- Will the number of institutions providing education increase?


