<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">As the 2023 elections&nbsp;approach day by day, politicians continue their discourse without slowing down. The discourses of politicians, who make different statements at rallies, television programs, and group meetings, sometimes require refreshing social memory. It is very important that everyone gets the right information from politicians during the elections.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In this context,&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://teyit.org/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Teyit</a> investigates and verifies the truth of what politicians say. From now on, every week in this bulletin, we will bring you the discourses examined by Teyit.&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://teyit.org/demec-kontrolu-turkiyede-istihdamin-tarihin-en-yuksek-seviyesine-yukseldigi-iddiasi?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">President Erdoğan</a> claimed in his statement after the cabinet meeting on January 9, 2022, referring to the workforce data in Turkey, ‘We have proven the success of our economic program with 31.2 million jobs, the highest figure in our history.’</li></ul><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2023/1/6/1675534481096.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.92" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">AA<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teyit took care of it: The information in this statement is correct, but it would be misleading to evaluate the issue from only one dimension.&nbsp;A broader context is needed. According to research by Emincan Yüksel from Teyit, similar to the claim, the number of employed people in Turkey is 31 million 574 thousand as of November 2022. In addition to this information, we also need to calculate the ratio of the number of jobs to the number of people who can work. Before 2000, the employment rate was above 48.6% every year except in 1993. </li></ul>Even if the claim is numerically correct, it seems that other dimensions of the issue have been ignored. <ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why is it important? The numbers, ratios, and indicators used by politicians in their statements may not be the only reference that offers an explanation of the issue. The number of people employed in this example reveals an increase in the labour market in Turkey. However, in order to characterise the relevant data as ‘the highest figure in our history’, other aspects of the issue should be taken into consideration. One example is the employment rate. Indeed, when other macroeconomic indicators related to employment are evaluated, it is difficult to say that Turkey has achieved record-breaking success in these indicators.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">DEVA Party leader Ali Babacan talked about national income: ‘I was at the head of the team that solved two major crises, the 2002 and 2009 crises. [...] From 2002 to 2013, our national income tripled. It went from 3,600 dollars to 9,000 dollars. These are dollar inflation-adjusted figures at constant prices. It's almost tripled. [...] What happened after we left was 5,800 dollars. These are dollar inflation-adjusted figures calculated in 2002 constant dollars.’</li></ul><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2023/1/6/1675534670949.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.15" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">AA<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teyit took care of it:&nbsp;The information in this statement is distorted. According to a study by Emincan Yüksel from Teyit, income increased from 3,600 dollars in 2002 to approximately 9,700 dollars in 2013. The graph below shows that this income decreased every year after 2013 until 2020. But national income did not start to fall with Ali Babacan's departure. In 2014 and 2015, when Ali Babacan was deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, national income declined. In addition, although Babacan left his post as deputy minister in charge of the economy in 2015, he resigned from the AK Party on <a fr-original-style="" href="https://archive.md/8i9mK" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">July 8, 2019.</a></li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In her speech on January 25, 2023, Derya Yanık, Minister of Family and Social Services, claimed that the main cause of violence against women is not legal weaknesses, but instead ‘alcoholism is responsible for 70 to 75%.’.</li></ul><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2023/1/6/1675534867509.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.66" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">AA<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teyit took care of it:&nbsp;This statement is baseless and distorted.&nbsp;According to research by Pınar Tarcan from Teyit, no scientific study supports Derya Yanık's claim. National and international studies point out that there is no single cause of gender-based violence and that there may be many social and cultural factors underlying acts of violence. The widespread use of discourses similar to the one expressed by Yanık may result in ignoring the real reasons behind violence against women.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The statistic that Yanık mentioned has actually been in circulation for a very long time. We find this on the Green Crescent's New Year's warning page for 2005. &nbsp;The Green Crescent (Yeşilay) cited the World Health Organization (WHO) when claiming that alcohol accounts for 70% of violence against women. There is no WHO study that points to the relevant statistic and establishes a causal link between alcohol and violence against women.&nbsp;</li></ul>

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