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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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Schoolgirl shot by Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - Malala Yousafzai (R), an education activist shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 12, 2013. Yousafzai delivered a speech there that day, her first public speech since she was critically injured nine months ago.

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Schoolgirl shot by Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - Malala Yousafzai, an education activist shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012, delivers a speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 12, 2013, her first public speech since she was critically injured nine months ago.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s latest video game console Wii U is on sale at a home appliance store in Osaka on July 12, 2013. Wii U was launched in 2012 in Japan and overseas.

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Student helping asylum seekers in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Maho Hadano, a graduate student at Nagoya University and the only full-time coordinator at the Nagoya-based support office for refugees, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 12, 2012 at the office in the city's Naka Ward. The Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Japan Association for Refugees and the Japan Lawyers Network for Refugees set up the Nagoya office in July 2012 to cope with a sharp increase in applications for asylum with the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau.

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Japan not happy with Cambodia over ASEAN statements

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (C back), Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (front R) and other participants joining hands during a photo session of an ASEAN Regional Forum ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh on July 12, 2012. The Japanese government has told Cambodia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN in 2012, that it is dissatisfied with the content of the chairman's statements issued after two ASEAN-hosted foreign ministers meetings in July, according to diplomatic sources.

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ANA hires Taiwanese cabin attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Taiwanese women undergoing training as cabin attendants at an All Nippon Airways Co. facility in Tokyo's Ota Ward on July 29, 2012. ANA has hired Taiwanese cabin attendants to meet the needs of a growing number of travelers from Taiwan to Japan, and each of its flights between Tokyo and Taipei will have one Taiwanese attendant starting Aug. 12, 2012, according to the airline.

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Japan held by S. Africa, finish 2nd in Group F

CARDIFF, Wales - Japan's Homare Sawa (L) exchanges high-fives with Kyoko Yano (12) and her teammates after a women's soccer Group F match against South Africa at Millennium Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on July 31, 2012. Japan and South Africa drew 0-0. Sawa did not play the day's match.

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Fiji judoka

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 12, 2012 shows Fiji judoka Josateki Naulu at Ryutsu Keizai University in Ibaraki Prefecture. Naulu, who will participate in the men's judo 81-kilogram class at the London Olympics, was a student of the university.

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Sasaki advances to second round of Olympic badminton men's singles

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Sho Sasaki shake hands with Virgil Soeroredjo of Surinam after their match in the men's badminton singles at Wembley Arena on July 29, 2012. Sasaki beat Saeroredjo 21-12, 21-7 and advanced to the round of 16.

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Sasaki advances to second round of Olympic badminton men's singles

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Sho Sasaki in action during his match against Virgil Soeroredjo of Surinam in men's badminton singles at Wembley Arena on July 29, 2012. Sasaki beat Saeroredjo 21-12, 21-7 and advanced to the round of 16.

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Sasaki advances to second round of Olympic badminton men's singles

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Sho Sasaki makes a return in the men's badminton singles match against Virgil Soeroredjo of Surinam at the Wembley Arena on July 29, 2012. Sasaki secured his place in the round of 16 with a win of 21-12 and 21-7.

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Tokyo stocks fall below 8,500

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average at 8,448.52 on the morning of July 24, 2012, falling below the 8,500 mark for the first time during trading hours since June 12.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft at Iwakuni base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows 12 MV-22 Ospreys at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 24, 2012. The press relations office of the Iwakuni base announced the engines of the U.S. military aircraft will be started up the same day as part of preparations for future flights.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive at Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 of the aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition to the planes due to safety concerns, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive at Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 of the aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition to the planes due to safety concerns, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive at Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 of the aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition to the planes due to safety concerns, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive at Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 of the aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition to the planes due to safety concerns, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 such aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 such aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo shows a U.S. Osprey military aircraft (R bottom) being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft (front) at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 such aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, 2012. A ship carrying 12 such aircraft arrived at the base in western Japan earlier in the day amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - A U.S. Osprey military aircraft is towed after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - A U.S. Osprey military aircraft is towed after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge (in the background) on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Osprey military aircraft being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Osprey military aircraft being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Osprey military aircraft shortly after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Osprey military aircraft shortly after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - A U.S. Osprey military aircraft is towed after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken early in the morning of July 23, 2012, shows the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge off the coast of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, heading for the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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Demonstration against Osprey deployment

IWAKUNI, Japan - People stage a demonstration in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on July 22, 2012, against the deployment of U.S. military MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft. A cargo ship carrying 12 of the aircraft for delivery to the U.S. Marines' Iwakuni Air Station is due to arrive in Iwakuni early on July 23.

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Theater shooting in Denver

DENVER, United States - The Stars and Stripes is flown at half-mast at the White House in Washington on July 20, 2012, after 12 people were killed and 59 injured when a lone gunman opened fire early in the day at a movie theater in the Colorado town of Aurora, near Denver.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (2nd from front) meets with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter meets with Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (L) shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the U.S. military's MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft. Local opposition heightened July 20, 2012, to a U.S. plan to deploy the aircraft to bases in Japan, as the first 12 tilt-motor military transports are set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Woman in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A woman holds a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at a cafe in Damascus on July 12, 2012.

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Photo taken July 14, 2012, shows a girl who suffered injuries to her legs in a shell attack by the army on the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - A man shows spent cartridges on July 14, 2012, which he says were left after a massive attack by the army on the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - A man shows spent cartridges on July 14, 2012, which he says were left after a massive attack by the army on the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Photo shows a woman on July 14, 2012, who says her son was killed during a massacre that took place July 12 in the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Residents surround a member (L) of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria in the central Syrian village of Tremseh on July 14, 2012. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in an attack on the village carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Residents show a gutted room in a house on July 14, 2012, where they say many injured people were lying before a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha" poured oil and set fire to them during a massacre that took place July 12 in the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out by the army and shabiha.

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Photo shows a woman on July 14, 2012, who says her son was killed during a massacre that took place July 12 in the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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San Onofre nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2011 shows the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California. The number of incidents of abnormal attrition -- or wearing away or grinding down by friction -- found in Japanese-made steam generator tubes in two reactors at the power plant has reached around 15,000, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report on July 12, 2012.

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Rocket to carry Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket which will carry a Soyuz spacecraft to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is shown to reporters while being illuminated in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on the night of July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15.

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Rocket to carry Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket which will carry a Soyuz spacecraft to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is shown to reporters while being illuminated in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on the night of July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15.

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Nishikori loses at Hall of Fame C'ships

NEWPORT, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot against Rajeev Ram of the United States in a singles quarterfinals match at the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, on July 12, 2012. Nishikori lost 7-6(6), 6-3.

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Nishikori loses at Hall of Fame C'ships

NEWPORT, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori reacts during a singles quarterfinals match against Rajeev Ram of the United States at the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, on July 12, 2012. Nishikori lost 7-6(6), 6-3.