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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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Relatives of Japanese abductees express hopes for talks

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (front), accompanied by his wife Sakie (behind him), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 aged 13, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, after meeting with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. Relatives of Japanese abductees expressed hope for the success of talks between the Japanese and North Korean governments, which were recently revived after a four-year lull, in the meeting with Sugiyama, the head of the Japanese delegation to the talks.

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Relatives of Japanese abductees hope for talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 aged 13, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, after meeting with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. Relatives of Japanese abductees expressed hope for the success of talks between the Japanese and North Korean governments, which were recently revived after a four-year lull, in the meeting with Sugiyama, the head of the Japanese delegation to the talks.

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Atlantic bluefin tuna

AGADIR, Morocco - The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, an international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, decides at its annual conference in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 19, 2012, to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.

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Tuna conference

AGADIR, Morocco - Photo shows the venue of an annual conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 18, 2012. The international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic decided on Nov. 19 at the conference to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.

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Person claiming responsibility for online threats sends message

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Yoji Ochiai holds a tablet computer in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2012. An unidentified person sent an e-mail to Ochiai and several news organizations on Nov. 13, claiming to be the culprit behind a spate of threatening messages posted online or sent as e-mails from remotely controlled personal computers, investigative sources said on Nov. 14.

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Person claiming responsibility for online threats sends message

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 14, 2012, shows message e-mailed by an unidentified person to lawyer Yoji Ochiai and several news organizations on Nov. 13, claiming to be the culprit behind a spate of threatening messages posted online or sent as e-mails from remotely controlled personal computers.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former lawmaker Takashi Sasagawa holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, to declare his candidacy for the Dec. 16, 2012, Tokyo gubernatorial election, following Shintaro Ishihara's resignation from the post.

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Modernism award given to Japanese school building

NEW YORK, United States - Yoshiaki Hanada, professor at Kobe Design University, explains about the restoration of Hizuchi Elementary School in western Japan, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Nov. 13, 2012. The city of Yahatahama in Ehime Prefecture and six experts who worked to restore the municipal school, including Hanada, received the 2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize from the World Monuments Fund, a U.S. organization working to preserve buildings with historical and cultural value.

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U.N. Women chief Bachelet

TOKYO, Japan - Michel Bachelet, executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as U.N. Women, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Japan mayor in Taiwan

SUAO, Taiwan - Yoshitaka Nakayama (2nd from L front), mayor of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, and local fishing cooperative chief Chen Chun-sheng (3rd from L front) join hands in Suao, a fishing port in northeastern Taiwan, on Nov. 13, 2012. They exchanged opinions on fishing rights in waters around the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that are also claimed by Taiwan and China.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Year of the Snake

SAITAMA, Japan - Snake figurines are made at a foundry in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2012, ahead of the Year of the Snake in 2013.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Japanese painting turns into gold calendar

TOKYO, Japan - American collector Joe Price unveils a calendar made of pure gold featuring a key work of the 18th Century painter Ito Jakuchu in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Japanese painting turns into gold calendar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 13, 2012, in Tokyo's Ginza district shows a calendar made of pure gold featuring a key work of the 18th Century painter Ito Jakuchu.

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 'prepaid card' service in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean actor Jang Keun Suk (2nd from L) poses with officials from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. and South Korea's Hana SK Card Co. during a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2012. Sumitomo Mitsui Card said at the press conference it will launch a "prepaid card" service on Nov. 14 for Japanese travelers visiting South Korea, which can be used at about 2.2 million shops affiliated with Hana SK Card.

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N. Korean envoy Song

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, answers reporters' questions at Beijing airport on Nov. 13, 2012, prior to attending talks with Japan to be held from Nov. 15 in Mongolia.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is asked for a handshake after delivering a speech at a congressional office building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, shows the new Forester sport utility vehicle of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., launched the same day in Japan.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., stands by the automaker's new Forester sport utility vehicle in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012. The fully remodeled vehicle was launched the same day in Japan.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, shows the new Forester sport utility vehicle of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., launched the same day in Japan.

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Triumph's armor-like bra

TOKYO, Japan - Models for lingerie maker Triumph International Japan wear armor-like bras, featuring tin-made cups with a cherry-blossom motif, at the bras' unveiling event in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 13, 2012. According to the company, which twice a year releases a not-for-sale, unusual bra that it says reflects the trend of the times, the latest bra mirrors Japanese women who fight in various fields.

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LDP chief Abe, No. 2 Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (R), president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba attend a meeting of party executives at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Yoshida receives People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida (C), accompanied by her father Eikatsu (R) and her mother Yukiyo, answers reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012, after receiving the People's Honor Award and a necklace with a golden pearl given as a reward from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Yoshida has won a total of 13 Olympic and world titles in the women's 55-kilogram class.

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Yoshida receives People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida (L) receives the People's Honor Award from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012. Yoshida has won a total of 13 Olympic and world titles in the women's 55-kilogram class.

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Yoshida receives People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida (L) receives a necklace with a golden pearl from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as a reward for earning the People's Honor Award, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012. Yoshida has won a total of 13 Olympic and world titles in the women's 55-kilogram class.

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Yoshida receives People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida has her mother Yukiyo put a necklace with a golden pearl around her neck, which was given as a reward for earning the People's Honor Award, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012. Yoshida has won a total of 13 Olympic and world titles in the women's 55-kilogram class.

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Yoshida receives People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida holds a necklace with a golden pearl, which was given as a reward for earning the People's Honor Award, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012. Yoshida has won a total of 13 Olympic and world titles in the women's 55-kilogram class.

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U.S. service member's alleged trespass in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos arrives at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012, at the request of Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuji Kira, following an alleged trespass earlier in the day by a member of the U.S. military at an apartment in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture. The U.S. serviceman allegedly hit a 13-year-old boy in the apartment.

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U.S. service member's alleged trespass in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012, shows a building where a U.S. serviceman from the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base allegedly entered a third-floor apartment and hit a 13-year-old boy before jumping from the third floor early on the day.

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McDonald's home delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Wrestler Saori Yoshida (C), who has won an unprecedented 13 straight world and Olympic titles combined, takes part in an event in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012, as the McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. announced a plan to extend its home delivery service to 250 outlets by the end of 2013, compared with 17 at the end of October 2012.

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S. Koreans in Japan start voter registration

TOKYO, Japan - South Koreans living in Japan apply for voter registration for elections in their country at the South Korean Embassy's consular division in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 13, 2011, as a legal revision in 2009 has enabled expatriates 19 years old or older to cast ballots. The registration process began the same day at 10 diplomatic missions in Japan ahead of the general election scheduled in April 2012.

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S. Koreans in Japan start voter registration

TOKYO, Japan - South Koreans living in Japan apply for voter registration for elections in their country at the South Korean Embassy's consular division in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 13, 2011, as a legal revision in 2009 has enabled expatriates 19 years old or older to cast ballots. The registration process began the same day at 10 diplomatic missions in Japan ahead of the general election scheduled in April 2012. (Kyodo)