Statement from Minister Işıkhan regarding the National Internship Program

Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan shared a post on his NSosyal account with the title "Dear young people, we have good news for you" and said, "Applications for the National Internship Program, which we implement under the auspices of the Presidency, have started as of today. You can seize internship opportunities in public institutions and the private sector and shape your career life by gaining experience." he said.

On the website prepared for the program, it was stated that the National Internship Program is an early career program carried out under the auspices of the Presidency, with the support of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and under the coordination of the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) in order to ensure that young human resources benefit from the career opportunities provided by public institutions and private sector organizations.

The website stated that the program aims to increase the employability of young people, support equal opportunities in accessing career opportunities, and expand these opportunities to all university departments, and the following information was included:

"Students who apply to the National Internship Program are evaluated with a transparent and innovative method based on their academic/vocational, artistic/social and sports qualification scores, taking into account their academic performance, activities aimed at improving their skills and general success. Employers submit their internship offers objectively, based on the scores they have received in the relevant fields of competence (academic/vocational, artistic/social and sportive), without seeing the identity and university information of the applying students. In addition to its success at home, it is followed with admiration abroad and is approved by the OECD." "The Program, which is shown as an exemplary practice, provides many young people with the opportunity to experience business life while they are still students and gain early career awareness."