US EditionDisk-Ar Releases Striking Unemployment Report: Broadly Defined Unemployment Exceeds 11 Million!
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According to DİSK-AR's January 2026 Unemployment and Employment Outlook Report, the seasonally adjusted narrow definition of unemployment in Turkey reached 7.7 percent in December 2025, while the broad definition rose to 28.6 percent. The difference between narrow and broad definitions of unemployment reached a record high of 20.9 percentage points. The number of broadly defined unemployed is 11,593,000, and the broadly defined female unemployme…
The January report prepared by DİSK-AR, based on TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) data, revealed that unemployment in Turkey has become a deep-seated problem beyond official figures. The report highlighted issues such as female unemployment, underemployment, and problems accessing social protection. These structural problems in the workforce have brought discussions about employment policies back to the forefront.
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