A journalist navigates unemployment by building on years of accumulated data, launching an independent publication called "What Do the Numbers Say?" to sustain their career. The piece explores how systematic data curation and freelance writing enable professional continuity, while revealing the broader economic fragility facing independent journalism in Turkey.
Unemployment benefits are a legal right, but navigating Turkey's employment office bureaucracy requires more than a single application. This guide explains how to apply, what to watch for, and how to ensure you don't miss critical deadlines that could cost you your entitlement.
As unemployment lengthens, job searching becomes not only exhausting but dangerous. Scams and fraudulent job listings appear directly in the path of desperate job seekers, exploiting their hope and urgency with unrealistic promises of quick earnings from home.
A social initiative that researches unemployment, makes the experiences of the İşsizler visible, and brings them together. Because unemployment is not an individual problem—it is a systemic one.
Three-quarters of job candidates receive no feedback after interviews, leaving the unemployed with only blame as a tool—yet speaking out carries a steep personal cost. The article explores why collective and secure mechanisms for voicing these injustices are essential.
In a world where ghost job postings make up more than one-third of all listings, new laws in Canada and the United States are transforming the courtesy phrase "we will get back to you" into a legal obligation. These regulations impose transparency requirements on employers, shifting power away from employers and toward jobseekers.
"We will get back to you" once expressed mutual obligation in hiring, but is now often an empty promise. As the recruitment process grows increasingly asymmetrical, what tools remain to strengthen the job seeker's hand?
Finding the right answer to unemployment begins with asking the right question. işsizler.org transforms individual experiences of joblessness into a shared agenda for understanding the structural and institutional barriers to employment.
When the author lost her job, she wondered where the unemployed learn about issues affecting them. Facing silence from employers and barriers in the job search, she began to question how the unemployed find their collective voice—a question that led to the founding of işsizler.org.
