Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 19
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
A total of 2,203 Turkish citizens visited countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan) through the Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) in January-November 2018, ISKUR told Trend.
Uzbekistan is the most popular destination for Turkish citizens seeking employment in Central Asia, according to ISKUR.
The total number Turkish citizens arrived in Uzbekistan through the ISKUR in January-November 2018, increased by 18.6 times compared to the same period in 2017, ISKUR said.
In November 2018, 458 people visited Uzbekistan through the ISKUR.
"In January-November 2018, the number of Turkish citizens who visited Turkmenistan through the ISKUR decreased by 57.88 percent compared to the same period in 2017," ISKUR said.
In November 2018, according to the report, two Turkish citizens visited Turkmenistan via ISKUR.
"In January-November 2018, the number of Turkish citizens who visited Kazakhstan through ISKUR in order to find a job decreased by 30.96 percent compared to the same period in 2017," ISKUR said.
ISKUR noted that in November 2018, 23 Turkish citizens went to Kazakhstan through the employment service.
The Turkish employment service also noted that in January-November 2018 four Turkish citizens visited Kyrgyzstan 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 of 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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