Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced that Turkish unemployment rate stood at 12.8% in May.

The figure was up 3.1 percentage points compared to the same month last year, according to the TÜİK.

The number of unemployed persons aged 15 years and over rose by 1 million year-on-year to 4.16 million in the month.

Unemployment in the non-agricultural sector increased 3.4 percentage points to 15% during the same period.

The youth unemployment, i.e. affecting people aged between 15 and 24, reached to 23.3%, rising 5.5 percentage points on a yearly basis.

TÜİK said unemployment for the 15-64 age group also went up 3.2 percentage points to 13.1% in the same period.