ILO Turkey Director Özcan shares experience with youth at Istanbul Youth Festival

İSTANBUL - Mr. Numan Özcan, Turkey Office Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO), met with youth at Istanbul Youth Festival.
Meeting the youth at Borsa Istanbul Talks (BistTalks) at the Festival organized for the third time this year, Özcan said: “I have always dreamt of being useful to human beings and working where I can be useful. Working now in an institution based on the core principle of social justice and promoting decent work for all makes my dream come true.”


Speaking at the talks themed “Dreamers”, Özcan told the youth what ILO was doing in the world and in Turkey, and shared his experience with the youth based on this career and past.
Setting out on the message that “We must teach our youth to dream, and leave them a world where they can build the future they have dreamt of,” the BistTalks will today feature Ms. Jülide Sarıeroğlu, Minister of Labour and Social Security; Ms. Pınar Eczacıbaşı, Founder of GP-Trust; Mr. Özgür Burak Akkol, Human Resource Director of Koç Holding, who will meet the youth to share their dreams.

- Turkey’s Biggest Youth Festival

Organized for a third time to bring the youth together, the Festival opened in the evening of Wednesday, May 2 with a large audience. Held at Eurasia Exhibition Centre, the Festival will end on Sunday, May 6.
The Festival features many diverse events such as sports, arts, virtual reality etc. and concerts. Various entities run introductory presentations to give the youth ideas on selecting professions. The Galata Tower displays light games every evening during the Festival.