Türkiye's Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly to 8.1% in July
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According to the Turkish Statistical Institute's July data, the unemployment rate rose by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous month, reaching 8.1 percent. The unemployment rate among young people increased by 1.5 percentage points, reaching 14.5 percent.
Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan stated that the unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in July compared to the previous period, but that the rate remained in single digits...
Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan emphasized that unemployment figures have remained in single digits for 39 months.
According to the 'Unemployment Outlook Report' prepared by DİSK-AR based on TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) data, in July 2026, the number of broadly defined unemployed individuals was 12,305,000, and the broadly defined unemployment rate was 30.6 percent. While the narrowly defined unemployment rate remained at 8.1 percent, the difference between the two unemployment rates reached 22.5 percentage points. The report also stated that broadly…
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