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Nightlife in Ankara sees TL 7.3 bln annual turnover
The women working in these establishments are paid in total about TL 1.5 million per night, while directors, waiters, bellboys and cooks are paid about TL 1 million per night in total.
Accordingly, about TL 912 million is paid annually to the employees of these establishments. Police Chief Mehmet Topçu, who has worked for many years at the public order branch of the Ankara Police Department, studied the socioeconomic and socio-psychological aspects of the entertainment sector in his master's thesis, and the survey he conducted as part of his thesis provided striking results.
According to the survey, there are 4,439 public entertainment places in Ankara, and 804 of them have licenses to sell alcoholic beverages. The majority of the entertainment establishments are concentrated in Çankaya and Altındağ. The number of nightclubs, bars, and discos in these districts is 108. Topçu discovered that approximately 5,000 women work in these establishments. According to his survey, a B-girl, a woman who works in a bar and encourages patrons to spend money, can earn TL 250 per night, while a dancer can earn up to TL 1,000 per night. Topçu maintains that all employees in these establishments can earn TL 2 to 2.5 million collectively in a night.
About 20,000 people regularly benefit from the entertainment sector in Ankara, while this figure increases to 50,000 if all districts of Ankara as well as those who occasionally go to entertainment establishments are taken into consideration.
Forty-three percent of people employed at these establishments are primary school graduates, and 46 percent are high school graduates. Ten percent of women working in these establishments also have university degrees. Eighty-nine percent of the women are either single or divorced. Topçu points out that working at a nightlife establishment is not socially acceptable for married women, and single or divorced women who have financial difficulties tend to work at these establishments.
Ten percent of the women are married, while 37 percent are widowed. Fifty-two percent of the women do not have children. Their age ranges mostly between 27 and 30. Fourteen percent are 29, and 12.5 percent are 30.
Sixty-eight percent of the women interviewed cited that they work at these establishments because of financial difficulties. Thirty-two percent said they work because of family-related issues or family pressures.
Concerning the problems they face while working, 27 percent of the women cited customer harassment as the largest problem, while 20 percent said excessive alcohol consumption by customers. Thirteen percent mentioned security, while 20 percent stated that they did not encounter problems.
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