BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17
Trend:
The number of trips of the Turkish citizens to Turkmenistan for employment greatly increased from January through June 2021, the Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) told Trend.
The number of Turkish citizens who visited Turkmenistan through ISKUR increased by 2.3 times from January through June 2021 compared to the period from January through June 2020, reaching 142 people.
In general, 6,171 Turkish citizens traveled abroad via ISKUR from January through June 2021, which is by 33.5 percent more than from January through June 2020.
Some 106,625 Turkish citizens were provided with jobs through ISKUR in June 2021.
Moreover, 34 percent out of the total number of those employed were women, 66 percent were men. At the same time, 98.9 percent of applicants got a job in the private sector.
The number of unemployed in Turkey reached 2.95 million people in June 2021, 48 percent of them are women, 52 percent are men.