Turkey's unemployment rate stands at 11.6 pct in Oct.

Number of unemployed persons reaches nearly 3.8 million, official figures show

By Gokhan Ergocun

ANKARA (AA) - The unemployment rate in Turkey stood at 11.6 percent in October, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) revealed on Tuesday.

"The unemployment rate occurred as 11.6 percent with a 1.3 percentage point increase," TurkStat said.

In Turkey, the number of jobless people -- aged 15 and over -- rose by 501,000 to 3.79 million, year-on-year in October, it added.

In September, the unemployment rate was at 11.4 percent.

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