Turkey’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% in June 2026 from a downwardly revised 8.1% in the previous month.
It was the lowest jobless rate since the data series began in 2005, as the number of unemployed individuals decreased by 168,000 to 2.69 million.
By gender, the jobless rate stood at 6.5% for men and 9.8% for women.
Among youth aged 15–24, the unemployment rate declined to 12.8% from 14.6%, with rates of 10.4% for men and 17.3% for women.
Meanwhile, the employment rate rose to 48.9% from 48.6%, as the number of employed persons increased by 227,000 to 32.73 million.
The labor force participation rate edged up to 52.9% from 52.8%, marking the highest in three months, with the labor force increasing by 58 thousand to 35.42 million.
Average weekly actual working hours stood at 42.5 hours in June, up by 0.1 hours from the previous month.