The brain drain in Turkey continues unabated as more academics and highly educated citizens make seek to greener pastures in the Netherlands through applying for asylum.
According to the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisations Agency (IND), one thousand and twenty Turkish put in applications for jobs and asylum in Holland.
The agency’s data shows that 540 university-graduated Turk men and women were successful in getting jobs in the Netherlands in 2016, and the number increased to 780 in 2017.
Nieuwsuur (News Hour), the investigative TV program of the Netherlands’s NOS TV, found that there is a significant increase in the number of highly educated people moving from Turkey to the Netherlands.
The program reported that Turkish academics and educated citizens are complaining about “the lack of freedom in the country,” and leaving Turkey.
Ahmet Hallaceli, a Turkish academic who studied chemistry at one of the best Turkish universities continues his academic work in the Netherlands since last March, said he wants to be a scientist but an oppressive environment in Turkey doesn’t allow him.
“Many academics are sacked or arrested in Turkey. Academics need a free environment to think but this is not possible in Turkey,” said Hallaceli who is completing his master’s degree at Netherlands’ Eindhoven University.
Gulnur Aybet, the senior adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admits that some Turkish academics lost their seats in universities or were detained and arrested for being signing “academics for peace.” This was during an interview with the BBC’s Hard Talk last December. She further stated the Turkish government opened a “terror” trail against 11208 academics who are the signatory of this “peace petition”.
Solen Aydin, who came to the Netherlands to pursue a masters degree in 2016, also told Nieuwsuur: “I preferred the Netherlands to continue my studies because of Turkey’s worsening political and economic situation. I don’t believe the situation in Turkey would be back to normal in a short time. I visit Turkey regularly, but I don’t feel safe as many other people are arrested in Turkey for being critical of the government. I found a job in the Netherlands in the marketing sector and signed a five-year contract. My partner also came here.”
According to official figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), sixty-nine thousand and three hundred and twenty-six people left Turkey in 2016 and last year the number reached over two hundred and fifty-three thousand.
According to IND, two hundred and thirty-five Turkish residents applied for asylum in 2016 and the number increased to six hundred and eighty-one in 2017.
“In the first eleven months of 2018, 1080 people who mostly support the Gülen requested asylum in the Netherlands,” IND reported.
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