Why so many young people are thinking about leaving Turkey | DW Reporter

Dictators hate educated people…

As someone who has spent considerable time in that country, there is this vibration you can feel of no hope. It is so sad. They are so angry. I don't even like going there.

The problem with leaving is that when you run out of countries to go, what then? At some point everyone will have to stay and improve the conditions of where they live.

A 1,000 cell phone is NOT the deciding factor for the standards of living

As a Turkish youth, most of my friends went to Europe. They do not see a future in the country. I'm thinking of going soon😢

Who would have thought living in a theocratic dictatorship would suck so much

A Turkish friend of mine has 10 days holidays per year. Taking off a Friday counts as two days. This is a clue that workers have few protections and are disrespected by employers

I was in Istanbul last week. I felt like I had stepped back in time twenty years. At the Bulgarian-Turkish border, you see a huge poster of Erdogan... I felt sad for the people living there. There is a huge gap between the wealthy and everyone else.

My colleague at work is Turkish. He and his wife are smart, kind, hard-working, wonderful people who would be an asset to any country. I'm so glad they chose to migrate to Australia. But what a loss for Türkiye! They just didn't see any future for their children there.

This is exactly what happened to Greece in the past. They lost their young brains to the UK, to Germany, to the US. Most never came back. Turkey has a high level of inflation, profoundly corrupt job market, extreme favoritism, declining quality of education, non-existent liberty of freedom, fragile democracy. Some people are happy with this situation as they feed from it. On the other hand, secular and modern youth are suffering and don't have much prospect. Just like anything else in history this situation will end one day, but will leave a deep damage and decades lost.

Old man Erdogan runs the country as a dictator and refuses commonsense economic reforms in the name of his religion. Consequence: brain drain to Europe

Serbia is exactly the same. I left 10 years ago at 25 with zero intention of ever going back.

Interesting fact that goes unmentioned is the remarkably high percentage of undercover police officers in Turkiyee. Compared to EU countries its 4-5 times more i believe. Police has a specialized units known as 'Guven Timleri' routinely disguised as street vendors, especially in highly monitored areas like Taksim Square where nearly half of the officers on duty are in plain clothes.

I understand this is an attemptt to create a genuine news piece, choosing Taksim, the single most monitored square in the country, and interviewing a vendor who is always stationed there feels a bit naive dont you think.😅 Even if we completely ignore the facts that he is most likely a undercover. ofc he cannot say otherwise his livelihood and safety depend on it.

I think other vievers agree with me that we would like the see the true depth of the situation, you should have interviewed people who were actually moved. Take the famous Turkish artist Ezhel, for example, who now lives in Berlin. He was forced into exile because he faces prison time back home. Ask him why he forced out, because I see this -pattern where famous opposition figures are made examples of through jail time to suppress the rest of

The problem is that those who could, have already left or will leave. Those who remain are conservative and approve of the regime and therefore nothing will improve….

It is a prison for those think about democracy and freedom😂

Because Erdogan is turning Turkey into a totalitarian theocracy where people who think differently are not supposed to have a future.

One word: inflation.
Turkey has had substantial high inflation since 2019, and of course the real numbers area easily +50% what the Tukstat publishes.

You can't build a future when your purchasing power for basic necessities is eroding every month, and nothing is being done from the government.

Turkey is a one man show since 2002. Totalitarian regime finished the country. Youth want leave as soon as they get opportunity.

I’m from Japan and there is a famous Turkish yakuza underboss where I live. It’s a rare phenomenon but happens nevertheless.

All over the world it is the same story. Narcissistic dictators are turning democracy into totalitarian states. These ego maniacs are only interested in wars and suppressing their own people. Only a worldwide people's movement can save us now.... 😢