Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 17
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In January-November 2018, the number of Turkish citizens arrived in Azerbaijan through the Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) in search of work fell by 80 percent, compared to the same period in 2017, ISKUR told Trend on Dec. 17.
During the reporting period, 28 Turkish citizens visited Azerbaijan through the Employment Agency.
In November 2018, two Turkish citizens arrived in Azerbaijan via ISKUR.
In November 2018, a total of 2,122 Turkish citizens went abroad searching work via ISKUR.
According to the Agency, in January-November 2018, 22,285 Turkish citizens left the country via ISKUR, which is 19.64 percent more compared to the same period in 2017.
In November 2018, 108,954 Turkish citizens were provided with work in Turkey, which is 11.9 percent more compared to the same month 2017.
In Turkey, in November, among those provided with jobs, 64 percent accounted for men, while the number of women accounted for 36 percent.
Among those employed in November 2018, 99.2 percent accounted for the private sector.
In January-November 2018, as a whole, 1,099,623 people were provided with jobs in Turkey.
A total of 3.296 million people were registered as unemployed in Turkey in November 2018. Fifty-one percent of them are women and 49 percent are men.
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