مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Regional Analyze of Labor Force in Turkey

Abstract :

Labor force is one of the most important actors for Economic Geography. It also plays a very important role for development of countries or regions. However, it has a brittle structure. Labor force occurs and develops in the suitable area. In this sense, labor force demand occurs in the developed regions in Turkey. If labor force demand in Turkey isn’t covered locally, this demand is covered by the migration from different regions. This situation causes to unbalanced distribution of labor force. Labor force in Turkey is concentrated on the western regions, especially Marmara and Aegean Region which have the developed service industry and optimum agrarian opportunities, and are industrialized. Contrarily,east and northeast of Turkey where natural conditions are not suitable for the development of the region have less labor force concentration. It can be understood from OECD report (2012) that Turkey is not at a good situation in terms of the number of the labor force and participation rate of labor force. Because Turkey is one of the countries having the lowest values, it is clear that there are so many problems to solve. In order to work out the targets for development both regionally and globally, Turkey has to give the importance to regional development and also supply and demand of labor force.