CHP vows jobs, housing support in new youth initiative
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) pledged a broad youth support package on May 18, promising reforms in education, employment, housing and social freedoms.
During an event in Ankara, CHP leader Özgür Özel said the proposed “Integrated Youth Guarantee” program would focus on five core areas: Education, health, employment, housing and the economy.
Özel said young people in Türkiye were increasingly “forced to choose between building a future in their own country or leaving abroad” because of economic pressures and limited opportunities.
Under the plan, the CHP pledged to expand staffing in public schools by appointing more teachers, security personnel and health workers. The party also vowed measures against school violence, drug-related crime and bullying, while promising free school meals and clean drinking water in all public schools nationwide.
