[56963] Turkish Ministry of Justice announces mass recruitment of 15,000 new employees

The Turkish Ministry of Justice is recruiting 15,000 new employees

Turkish Minister of Justice, Yılmaz Tunç, has announced a significant move to strengthen the workforce in his ministry. According to a report by Haber Gündem, the Minister officially announced that the ministry will hire 15,000 employees under personal contracts (the issue of hiring contract workers), a step that has received widespread coverage in the country's media.

The news agency İhlas Haber Ajansı (IHA), which is affiliated with the central government's positions in Turkey, confirmed the details of Minister Tunç's statement, which emphasizes the systemic need to reinforce personnel. At the same time, TRT Haber, the Turkish state broadcaster, detailed the distribution of future positions, including:

• 5,259 court clerks (Zabıt katibi).


• 4,508 prison guards and security personnel.


• 1,300 technical and logistics support staff.


• 1,041 bailiffs and court officers (Mübaşir).


• 900 enforcement clerks.


• 524 security and guard personnel.


• 410 psychologists, alongside additional positions for nurses, social workers, and technicians.

GündemX presented the news as an urgent headline, emphasizing the total number of new jobs. It appears that the move is coordinated across all major media outlets in Turkey, with no objections or conflicting reports from the opposition at this stage, as the focus is on the expected administrative recruitment process in the Turkish judicial system according to TRT Haber.