Despite having 24,000 people in the labor force by the end of 2014, 7,000 journalists were left unemployed in the sector, with 17,000 journalists employed. The unemployment rate of people who graduated from the fields of journalism and information almost tripled the average unemployment rate of those who graduated from a university or faculty.
“There are approximately two thousand unemployed journalists who were fired through the operations against Gülen Movement media. These people hide themselves as they are scared to be accused of membership in the movement. This is quite clear. The majority of them have nothing to do with it. They were working there for their bread and butter.