One of Central Anatolia’s most comprehensive career events, the Central Anatolia Regional Career Fair (IKAF’26), has kicked off in Konya under the theme “The Age of Youth Production,” hosted by Selçuk University.
Organized under the coordination of the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR), the fair brings together 11 universities from the region and tens of thousands of young people, offering a significant platform to guide their career journeys.
As part of the two-day event held at Selçuk University’s Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, participants have the opportunity to attend talks and workshops, take part in job interviews, and engage directly with industry representatives.
Speaking at the opening ceremony held at the Sultan Alparslan Culture Center, Selçuk University Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Yılmaz highlighted the importance of the fair for young people.
Yılmaz said, “Today, you are not simply attending a career fair. In fact, you are standing at a very important threshold where you will directly engage with your own future. What matters now is not only what you know, but how you use that knowledge, how you transform it, and how much value you can create. The Central Anatolia Career Fair offers a significant opportunity precisely at this point.”
Konya Governor İbrahim Akın emphasized that the fair is a strong gathering that reveals the potential of young people.
Akın stated, “The Central Anatolia Career Fair 2026 is the reflection of a great vision that transforms the efforts, dreams, and future of our youth into production. I believe that every connection made here today is an important investment in our future.”
A wide range of institutions and organizations also took part in the fair, including several ministries such as the Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Health, as well as 141 institutions and organizations from various sectors ranging from food to the defense industry, all of which set up stands at the event.
From Konya and across the Central Anatolia region, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya Technical University, KTO Karatay University, Necmettin Erbakan University, Aksaray University, Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Kapadokya University, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, and Kırıkkale University are among the partner universities of the fair.
