Turkish unemployment steady at 10-year high of 14.7%

ISTANBUL: Turkey's unemployment rate remained steady at 14.7 percent in the January-March period, remaining at its highest level in nearly a decade, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Wednesday.

Non-agricultural joblessness edged up a bit to 16.9 percent in the same period, the data showed. In the previous December-February period, unemployment stood at 14.7 percent while non-agricultural unemployment was at 16.8 percent.

Turkish unemployment was last this high in early 2009.