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Müge K. Davran & Burhan Özalp & Naciye Tok & Burak Öztornacı
Employment in the Rural Youth
in Turkey and the Future of
Agricultural Employment
Copyright © 2017
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
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Journal of Youth Researches • November 2017 • 5(13) • 190-199
ISSN 2147-8473
Received
| 30 September 2017
Accepted
| 19 October 2017
E X T E N D E D A B S T R A C T
A N A LY S I S / R E S E A R C H
* Assoc. Prof., Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sarıçam, Adana,
** Research Assistant,Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sarıçam, Adana,
*** Assist Prof., Adnan Menderes University, Atça Vocational School, Sultanhisar, Atça,
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**** Research Assistant, Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sarıçam, Adana,
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Burak Öztornacı****
Naciye Tok***
Burhan Özalp**
Müge K. Davran*
Introduction
Agriculture is always a prominent sector in Turkey. Agriculture protects Turkey from be-
ing dependent on external sources by supplying the vast majority of its own food need.
Therefore, agriculture has an important role in the social and economic development of
Turkey by supplying raw materials to other sectors (Anonim, 2013/a). And also, it is an im-
portant employment area for rural population. The total population is 79.8 million people
