Minister Bayraktar: Türkiye has the world's 4th largest naval fleet

Minister Bayraktar, in a statement on social media, said, "With two new drilling vessels, Turkey now has the world's fourth-largest offshore energy fleet. This is not just a fleet; it is a reflection of a powerful will extending from the depths of the seas to the future, under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The path of our on-duty energy heroes is clear: complete independence in energy."

The video shared by Bayraktar featured members of Türkiye's energy fleet: the Kanuni, Yavuz, Fatih, and Abdülhamid Han deep-sea drilling vessels, along with the Oruç Reis seismic research vessel and the Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa seismic research vessel. The AI-assisted video shows the ships transforming into robots, each with a Turkish flag on its shoulder, giving a military salute.

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TurkStat has published the results of its special theme research titled ‘Youth in the Labor Market 2024’. Accordingly, in 2024, the non-institutional population in the 15-34 age group was 24,291,000 people, 14,606,000 of whom were in the labor force. The number of employed people in this age group was 12,744,000, while the number of unemployed people was 1,862,000. The labor force participation rate in the 15-34 age group was estimated to be 60.1 percent, the employment rate was 52.5 percent, and the unemployment rate was 12.7 percent. 25 percent of employed young people in the 15-34 age group had less than a high school degree, 24.7 percent had a four-year higher education level or higher, and 18.2 percent were general high school graduates.

The study found that among young people with high school education or above, the employment rate for those with at least one month of work experience as part of their education (such as an internship or apprenticeship) was 68.6 percent. This rate was 82.2 percent for men and 54.8 percent for women. The employment rate for young people with no work experience or less than one month of work experience was 55.8 percent. Of those who dropped out or changed majors, 22.5 percent stated that they did so for economic reasons, 17.2 percent because the curriculum did not meet their expectations, and 14.1 percent because of family reasons.

67.2 percent of employed young people stated that their level of education aligns with the requirements of their job. While 25.4 percent of young people stated that their level of education was higher than the requirements of their job, 7.4 percent stated that it was lower. 74.7 percent of young people with a 4-year higher education or higher stated that their level of education aligns with the requirements of their job. While 32.7 percent of vocational or technical high school graduates stated that their level of education was higher than the requirements of their job, this rate was 34.6 percent for 2- or 3-year college graduates. 11.7 percent of young people with less than a high school education stated that their level of education was lower than the requirements of their job.

Among employed young people, the rate of those who stated that their skills exceed the requirements of their job was 27.1 percent, while the rate of those who stated that their skills were below the requirements of their job was 2.6 percent. The rate of those who stated that their skills were compatible with the job was 77.7 percent among graduates of four-year higher education or higher, while this rate was 62.3 percent among graduates of vocational or technical high schools. The rate of those who stated that their skills exceed the requirements of their job was 20.8 percent among graduates of four-year higher education or higher, while it was 34 percent among graduates of vocational or technical high schools.

Currently, 15.7 percent of young people aged 15-34 who are not pursuing education reported starting their first job of more than three months within the first six months after completing or dropping out of education. This rate was 17.3 percent for men and 14 percent for women. The proportion of young people who had not worked in a job for more than three months after completing their education was 21.7 percent. This rate was 10.6 percent for men and 33.9 percent for women.

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