Unemployment in Turkey

Turkey's unemployment rate fell 2.3 percentage points year-on-year in December to 10.4 percent, official data showed on March 15.

The unemployment rate in Turkey dropped to 10.3 percent in November, down 1.8 percentage point from the same month of the previous year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Feb. 15.

Turkey’s unemployment rate remained at 10.6 percent in September, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Dec. 15.

Turkey’s unemployment rate edged down to 10.6 percent in the July-September period, from 10.7 percent a month earlier and compared with 11.3 percent a year earlier, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed on Nov. 15.

Turkey's unemployment rate held steady at 10.2 percent in June, which covered the May-July period, unchanged from the levels of one month and one year earlier, data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) showed on Sept. 15.

Turkey's unemployment rate declined to 10.5 percent in the April period, which covered data from March to May, falling further from a seven-year high at the start of the year but up from 9.5 percent a year earlier, official data showed on July 17. 

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said it is a must for the Turkish government to slash unemployment rate, which hit nearly 13 percent, to single digits again, underlining the country's strengths and weaknesses on the road to achieving this goal. 

Close to a quarter of Turkey's youth did not have a job in January, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) that was released on April 17. 

Youth unemployment jumped 5.3 percentage points year on year in January to 24.5 percent overall, according to TÜİK.

Turkey's unemployment rate rose to 13 percent in January 2017, the highest since February 2010, official data showed on April 17. 

The rate showed a year-on-year 1.9 percent increase, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK).