The Ministry of Labour and Social Security's İstanbul Coordination Meeting was held under the chairmanship of Ministerial Advisor Prof. Dr. Fatma Ayanoğlu.

The meeting, which addressed the removal of obstacles to employment particularly for young people and women, the assignment of vocational high school students as the technical staff sought by various sectors, and the problems experienced in working life along with proposed solutions, was attended by İstanbul SGK Provincial Director Harun Sertbaş, İstanbul İŞKUR Provincial Director Kadir Akyüz, officials from the İstanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, TÜROB Chair Müberra Eresin and TÜROB Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, as well as representatives of various sectoral organisations, chiefly İTO, İSO and TİM, and administrators of various high schools providing vocational education.