Turkey's unemployment rate constant in June

Turkey's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 10.2 percent this June, the country's statistical authority announced on Monday.

Official data showed that the number of unemployed persons age 15 years and over rose by around 64,000 on a yearly basis, totalling some 3.3 million in June.

"In the same period, the non-agricultural unemployment rate occurred as 12.1 percent, with a 0.1 percentage point decrease," the institute said.

"While the youth unemployment rate, including persons age 15-24, was 19.4 percent with a 1.2 percentage point decrease, the unemployment rate for persons age 15-64 occurred as 10.4 without any change," it added.

In May, the country's unemployment rate was 9.7 percent with nearly 3.1 million unemployed persons age 15 years and above, a drop of 0.5 percentage points compared to the same month in 2017.