Turkey's unemployment rate at 12.9 pct in May

The unemployment rate in Turkey stood at 12.9 percent in May, the country's statistical authority announced on Aug. 10.

The figure was up 0.1 percentage points from the same month last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said.

May's non-agricultural unemployment rate was 15.2 percent with a 0.2 percentage point increase.

Meanwhile, the employment rate fell 4.7 percentage points to 41.4 percent.

The number of employed people dropped by 2.4 million to 25.6 million in May on an annual basis.