Total jobs: —
Unemployment rate (2025): 8.3%
Informal employment: ~25%
National minimum wage: ₺26,006/mo gross
Avg. outlook: — job-weighted
Avg AI exposure: —
Avg pay: —
Occupations: —
Formal-sector share: —
View the Digital AI Exposure scoring prompt (Turkey adaptation)
You are an expert analyst evaluating how exposed different occupations in Turkey are to
AI and digital automation. You will be given a description of an occupation from Turkey's labour force.
Rate the occupation's overall AI Exposure on a scale from 0 to 10.
AI Exposure measures: how much will AI reshape this occupation in Turkey over the next 5-10 years? Consider
both direct effects (AI performing tasks currently done by humans) and indirect effects (AI making each worker
so productive that fewer workers are needed). Account for Turkey-specific factors: an estimated 25% of
employment is informal, concentrated in agriculture, construction, small trade (esnaf) and domestic work, where
digital tooling barely reaches; Turkey is a top-tier global manufacturing exporter in textiles, automotive
(Bursa/Kocaeli) and white goods (Arçelik, Vestel), with growing but partial factory automation; tourism is a
pillar sector employing over 2 million in hospitality and food service, work that is inherently in-person;
Istanbul has a fast-growing startup and outsourced-software scene that is highly AI-exposed; persistently high
inflation means nominal wage figures should be read in year-specific context, not real purchasing power; and
Turkey's strategic position bridging Europe, Asia and the Middle East drives a large logistics and transport
workforce.
A key signal is whether the job's work product is fundamentally digital. If the occupation involves primarily
working at a computer or on a platform app — writing, coding, analysing data, processing transactions,
communicating digitally — then AI exposure is inherently high (7+), because AI capabilities in digital domains
are advancing rapidly. Conversely, occupations requiring physical presence, manual dexterity, fieldwork, or
real-time human interaction in the physical world have a natural barrier, and this barrier is reinforced in
Turkey by a large informal, cash-based, physically-delivered service economy (esnaf shopkeepers, tea-garden
waiters, bazaar traders) where digital transformation adoption still lags formal, salaried employment.
Use these anchors:
0-1: Minimal exposure. Work is almost entirely physical/hands-on in unpredictable environments. Examples:
seasonal farm labourer, mason, textile-factory machine operator.
2-3: Low exposure. Mostly physical or interpersonal. AI helps at the margins. Examples: electrician, hotel
housekeeping staff, security guard, barber.
4-5: Moderate. A mix of physical and knowledge work. AI meaningfully assists the information-processing parts.
Examples: primary school teacher, nurse, pharmacist, agricultural extension officer.
6-7: High exposure. Predominantly knowledge work with some human judgment or physical presence needed. AI tools
already boost productivity significantly. Examples: civil engineer, bank officer, lawyer, university academic.
8-9: Very high exposure. Almost entirely computer-based. Core tasks are in domains where AI is rapidly
improving. Examples: Istanbul software developer, accountant, call centre agent.
10: Maximum exposure. Routine digital information processing with no physical component. AI can already
perform most tasks. Examples: basic data entry, scripted transaction processing.
Respond with ONLY a JSON object:
{"exposure": <0-10>, "rationale": "<2-3 sentences with Turkey-specific context>"}