Industrial production figures for the month of December, 2011 showed a 3.7 percent increase compared to figures from the same month the year prior. December's figure compared to November showed a whopping 11.4 percent increase. The overall increase in Turkey's industrial production figure for the year of 2011 soared to 8.9 percent.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has released the industrial production index figures for December 2011. According to the data, increases were visible in the following sub sectors in the final month of the year, compared to figures from December 2010: mining and quarrying sector figures rose by 6.7 percent, figures from the manufacturing industry revealed a 2.7 percent rise, while in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning production and distribution sector, there was a 10.3 percent increase.