İşsizlikle mücadelede İŞKUR'un uyguladığı aktif işgücü politikalarının rolü

The role of active labor market policies applied by Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) in struggling with the Unemployment Employment size and unemployment structure have been admitted as signals of economic development and social progress. There is no doubt that the unemployment has been one of the main problems for both developed countries and for developing countries such as Turkey since 1980s in which neoliberal policies have been adopted. Although there is average about 5 per cent growth in economy in the last decade, this has not reflected to labor market so positively. Jobless growth and high unemployment rates in OECD countries and Turkey have led to come to forefront of Active Labor Market Policies in the framework of neoliberal ideology. However, there are very few researches showing how important and active these kinds of policies in Turkey. For this reason, the aim of this study is to contribute to discussions about effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies in Turkey. The framework of this postgraduate thesis is to analyze the policies which are applied by İŞKUR on Turkish Labor Market and fighting against unemployment. Within this scope, the aim of this study is to seek an answer whether Active Labor Market Policies applied by İŞKUR for last decade are successful or not. Key Words: Unemployment, Neoliberalism, Turkish Labor Market, Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) and Active Labor Market Policies in Turkey.