Unemployment rate in Turkey drops 0.5 percent in January

ANKARA — Turkey's unemployment rate fell by 0.5 percent in January 2014 compared to the same period of 2013, according to Turkey's statistical authority Tuesday.

TurkStat said the number of unemployed individuals fell to 10.1 percent, a total of 2,841,000 in January.

Of those in employment in January 2014; 21.4 percent worked in agriculture, 19.7 percent in industry, 6.7 percent in construction and 52.2 percent in the services sector.

Meanwhile, Turkey's employment rate, which was 44.3 percent in January 2013, rose to 44.9 percent in the same month of 2014.