Research Assistant Elif Ela Kütüçoğlu of the Economic Policies Application and Research Center (İPUAM) at İstanbul Gelişim University presented her study on the changing role of foreign labor in Türkiye’s labor market at an international symposium.

İstanbul Gelişim University (İGÜ) hosted the 2nd International Black Sea and Caspian Basin Symposium on 14 October 2026. At the symposium, titled “Searching for Cooperation and Integration in the Turkic World,” Research Assistant Elif Ela Kütüçoğlu presented her paper “The Transformation of Foreign Labor in Türkiye’s Labor Market: An Analysis from the Perspective of the Turkic Republics and Gender (2011–2025).”

The study examines how foreign labor in Türkiye’s labor market changed between 2011 and 2025, from two angles: workers from the Turkic Republics, and gender. By looking at labor migration, the paper sheds light on the economic and social ties between Türkiye and the Turkic world, in line with the symposium’s central theme.

İPUAM’s management congratulated Research Assistant Elif Ela Kütüçoğlu for successfully representing the university and the center at the symposium, and wished her continued success in her academic work.