What is Brain Drain?

Brain drain is the movement of well-educated or highly-ranked individuals who are very strong in their careers and research to work or settle in developed countries. It is the situation where individuals with very high professional qualifications and the internal power of these individuals leave their countries of residence and migrate to more developed countries with the aim of working. The brain drain movement mostly includes engineers, scientists, doctors and other professions. There is an internationally accepted definition for this concept. According to this definition, it is said that migration is between two countries. However, migration between two regions is also considered as brain drain. For example, this definition is also used between regions of a country where the development level changes. Based on this definition, brain drain would be more accurate to define as human migration caused by differences in development levels between countries or between different regions within the same country, but constantly moving towards the developed.

There are two important capitals in this migration movement between countries or regions. The first of these capitals is labor, the other is education level. In general, it is also defined as the movements of professional people, experts and scientists. The most important point in this migration movement is that it is necessary to migrate from a less developed country or region to a developed country or region. When explaining this event, it is necessary to never forget special education. This opinion is also seen as a problem in our time. It is also said as the loss of necessary and special manpower for the social and economic development of a country or region in this country. This situation makes less developed countries ineffective in economic and social development and similar areas.

How Can Brain Drain Be Prevented?

To keep people in the country, there must be sincerity and consistency, and a mass culture conducive to development. Most importantly, people must have hope. Individuals who are moderately or above happy will be able to look to the future more warmly. It is very important that interaction and participation are shared by the entire sociology. At the same time, the number of companies that can produce in accordance with universal standards must be increasing. In this way, it will be possible to develop the ecosystem in parallel. As long as these development steps and all other social elements exist, the possibility of pulling back people who have left through brain drain is that much higher. If a country is losing people through brain drain movement, it must first explain its contribution to civilization to its own people. Because the concept we call "hard power", which is the equivalent of this, can only develop parameters such as a country's artillery, guns, capital, and number of people through soft power. The country needs to prove its contribution to civilization to the world, raise the country's reputation, and first explain its reputation to its own people and show this as an element of public diplomacy. People working and living abroad will express other cultures and support this with lobbying and propaganda activities. Along with this, an ecosystem will form, and the country's culture and decision-makers need to support this, and the public needs to internalize it. As a result, good companies, products with high added value, a rich and prosperous country, and a peaceful country vision will emerge. However, only by maintaining these cycles can the population decline that will occur through brain drain movement be prevented.