In a collaborative effort to assess the state of the labour markets, gather crucial insights, and provide guidance for ongoing recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastating February 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) published reports of a significant research project.
This initiative, supported by the UK Government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), included a Household Survey conducted with the technical support of IOM, alongside two other research conducted by the ILO Türkiye Office, namely the Tracer Study and the Enterprise Survey.
The reports, complementing the official public data with a special focus on qualitative aspects of the labour market in the earthquake-affected region, aim to provide evidence-base for development of sustainable, inclusive, rights-based, and gender-sensitive recovery efforts.
Recognizing the profound effects on labour markets in the earthquake-affected regions, the ILO Office and IOM Office in Türkiye joined forces for the Household Survey held from November 2023 to April 2024 to assess the current state and to provide evidence-based guidance and policy recommendations for driving improvement steps. The report assessed the living and working conditions of earthquake survivors in Adıyaman, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya and revealed striking findings, such as a high displacement rate of 55.2 per cent in Hatay's city center.
The Tracer Study report was conducted by the ILO as a complementary study for the quantitative data released through the household survey in order to provide in-depth qualitative data on the labour market experiences and social relations of earthquake survivors who migrated to Ankara and Adana. The study, designed with a special emphasis on the psycho-social factors, ultimately aimed to lay out evidence to guide the policy interventions for decent integration of the displaced population into the labour market in the provinces they moved to and their gradual return to the provinces they left.
The Enterprise Survey report evaluated business recovery processes in Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya following the earthquakes.
