ANKARA: Turkish unemployment increased by 0.3 percent in November 2014, reaching 10.7 percent, its highest in four years since January 2011.
The number of unemployed persons aged 15 years old and over was 3,096,000 in the period of November 2014 in Turkey, according to Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TUIK) figures released on Monday.
The unemployment rate was 9.7 percent for male and 13 percent for female. In the same period, non-agricultural unemployment rate was 12.7 percent. While youth unemployment rate, including 15-24 age group, reached 19.9 percent, unemployment rate for 15-64 age group was recorded as 10.9 percent, TUIK announced.
