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Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years

STORY: Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 13, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of construction workers in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 25, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of a bread factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: July 3, 2023) (courtesy of Ankara Municipality) 4. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Dec. 7, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: The jobless rate in Türkiye was 8.5 percent in October, the lowest level since November 2012 when it was 8.4 percent, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. The number of unemployed people, aged 15 years old and over, dropped by 163,000 to 2.96 million year-on-year in November, it said, adding the unemployment rate dropped by 0.5 percentage point

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanhai, who is making a living in Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo by a road when he comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 26, 2023 (above) and 7-year-old Meng Xuanhai (1st R) playing table tennis on Dec. 27, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Nishikori at Brisbane International

BRISBANE, Australia - Photo taken Dec. 30, 2012, shows Japan's Kei Nishikori, partnered with Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, playing Russia's Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan during the first round of the men's doubles at the 2013 season-opening Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia. Nishikori and Dimitrov defeated the fourth-seeded pair 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-7 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Rush of holiday travelers peaks in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The departure lobby is crowded with passengers at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2012. Some 44,000 people were expected to leave the country from the airport the same day to spend their New Year holidays abroad. The number of travelers departing from the airport between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6 is estimated to reach around 600,000, up 7 percent from the previous year.

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Hitachi Zosen unveils world's biggest shield tunneling machine

OSAKA, Japan - Hitachi Zosen Corp. shows to the press on Dec. 25, 2012, what it claims to be the world's largest shield tunneling machine at its Sakai plant in Osaka Prefecture. The 110-meter-long machine with a diameter of 17.45 meters and weighing some 7,000 tons will be used to drill a 2,800-meter tunnel in Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington to replace an aging elevated highway, the company said.

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Steel beam removed from pool at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, 2012, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s operation employing a remote-controlled crane to remove a steel beam from a spent nuclear fuel pool in the No. 3 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The 7-meter steel beam weighing 470 kilograms dropped into the water-filled pool in September when the plant's operator TEPCO used a similar crane to remove debris from the upper portion of the building.

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Steel beam removed from pool at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, 2012, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s operation employing a remote-controlled crane to remove a steel beam from a spent nuclear fuel pool in the No. 3 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The 7-meter steel beam weighing 470 kilograms dropped into the water-filled pool in September when the plant's operator TEPCO used a similar crane to remove debris from the upper portion of the building.

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Kobayashi gives up on F1 for 2013

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kamui Kobayashi celebrating after coming third in a Formula 1 Grand Prix race at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 7, 2012. Kobayashi, who was Japan's only Formula 1 driver in 2012, announced on Dec. 18, 2012, that he has given up on competing in the elite series next season.

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Shinto adapting to era of globalization

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutaka Inui (C), a Shinto priest at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto City's Kita Ward, poses for photos at the shrine with tourists from Israel at their request after providing them with explanations about Shinto and shrine buildings in English on Dec. 7, 2012.

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U.S. school shooting

NEWTOWN, United States - Yumiko Hawke, mother of a pupil at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in the town on Dec. 15, 2012. Her 7-year-old daughter Rinei narrowly escaped a mass shooting Dec. 14 at the school where 26 students and teachers were killed.

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Logotype wins Asahi Futurity Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Logotype (L), ridden by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory in the Asahi Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012. No. 7 pick Logotype won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute, 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf course. To the right is favorite Codino, which finished second.

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Logotype wins Asahi Futurity Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Logotype and jockey Mirco Demuro are pictured after winning the Asahi Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012. No. 7 pick Logotype won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute, 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf course.

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Logotype wins Asahi Futurity Stakes

NAKAYAMA RACECOURSE, Japan - Logotype (14), ridden by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory in the Asahi Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012. No. 7 pick Logotype won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute, 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf course. To the right is favorite Codino (5), which finished second. (Pool photo)

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Takahashi leads at Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. Takahashi was at the top after the short program with 92.29 points.

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Takahashi leads at Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. Takahashi was at the top after the short program with 92.29 points.

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Fireworks marking 60 years of Japan-India ties

NEW DELHI, India - Photo taken Dec. 7, 2012, shows fireworks over India Gate in New Delhi, India, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.

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Fujikawa signs 2-year deal with Cubs

CHICAGO, United States - Japanese right-hander Kyuji Fujikawa is pictured in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2012, after signing a two-year deal with the Chicago Cubs.

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Fujikawa signs 2-year deal with Cubs

CHICAGO, United States - Japanese right-hander Kyuji Fujikawa attends a press conference in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2012, after signing a two-year deal with the Chicago Cubs.

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Fujikawa signs 2-year deal with Cubs

CHICAGO, United States - Japanese right-hander Kyuji Fujikawa (L) and Chicago Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer attend a press conference in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2012, after Fujikawa signed a two-year deal with the major league team.

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Pearl Harbor attack's 71st anniv.

HONOLULU, United States - Survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attend a ceremony marking the 71st anniversary of the attack, held in a park overlooking the harbor on Dec. 7, 2012.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka meets the press after delivering a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka smiles before delivering a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Nobel laureate in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka arrives at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012, to deliver a Nobel lecture. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Nobel laureate in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka arrives at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012, to deliver a Nobel lecture. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Japan government chief spokesman

OSAKA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura makes a stump speech in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. The chief government spokesman said he hopes North Korea will quickly go through with its planned rocket launch, a remark that apparently goes against Japan's efforts in tandem with other nations to prevent Pyongyang from going ahead with it.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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NASA chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Bolden (L front), head of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, listens to a high school student's explanations about his underwater robot, at the Tokyo Tech High School of Science and Technology in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2012.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2012. The two-time world champion took the lead after the short program scoring 66.96 points to lead American Ashley Wagner, who scored 66.44.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with passengers as train services are suspended after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan on Dec. 7, 2012. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with passengers as train services are suspended after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan on Dec. 7, 2012. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Hitachi's robot for Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - The Hitachi Ltd. group unveils Astaco-SoRa at the company's plant in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2012. The relatively small, remote controlled, two-armed robot was designed to clear out, or transport things into, a highly irradiated area and will be promoted for use at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Firefighters call for evacuation from coastal areas in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:47 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2012, following a tsunami warning after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan at 5:18 p.m. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Officials gather information in the city hall of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:38 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2012, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan at 5:18 p.m. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Japan preps for N. Korea rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) is pictured on Dec. 7, 2012, after inspecting Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptors deployed on the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. Japan stepped up preparations the same day for a long-range rocket that North Korea has said it will launch sometime during a 13-day period from Dec. 10, ordering the destruction of the projectile should any part of it threaten to fall on Japanese territory.

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Haiti president, wife meet Japan emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Haitian President Michel Martelly (3rd from L) and his wife Sophia (3rd from R) meet Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (far R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2012. (Pool photo)