The TurkStat has announced the employment figures for December 2018. Accordingly, the unemployment rate his increased to 13.5 percent and the number of unemployed has become 4 million and 320 thousand.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank has not changed the political interest rate, keeping it fixed at its current level of 24 percent.

The consumer inflation rate for February has increased 0.16 percent compared to January, 19.67 percent compared to the same month last year. The inflation rate in January was 20.35 percent.

According to the 2019 report of the DİSK-AR, only 7 percent of the workers benefit from collective labor agreements. Women's unionization rate is significantly less than men's.

The Education and Science Workers' Union has criticized the protocol between the Ministry of National Education and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey as it will pave way for the use of children as cheap labor.

Three workers have been confirmed dead after yesterday's mine collapse in Muğla. One worker has been rescued injured.

In Milas district of Muğla, a feldspar mine has collapsed, four workers has been left under wreckage. Rescue teams has reached one worker's body, while another worker has been rescued injured.

Turkey has posted a current account deficit of 1 billion and 437 million US Dollars in December. The country's current account has recorded a deficit of 27 billion and 633 million dollars.

After the Turkish Hard Coal Authority (TTK) has announced that it will employ one thousand miners, thousands of people have queued in front of the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) offices in Zonguldak and Bartın late in the night.

Diyarbakır MP Remziye Tosun, reminding the killed child workers Berivan Karakeçili and İbrahim Halil Oruç, has brought the topics of child labor and seasonal agricultural labor into the parliamentary agenda.

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly, at least 155 workers, including 10 children and 11 women, have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey in the first month of 2019.

The Turkish Statistical Institution has announced the inflation figures for January 2019. While the consumer inflation has increased by 1.06 percent in comparison with previous month, it has increased by 20.35 percent in comparison with January 2018.

The unemployment rate among young adults (age 15-24) has been gradually increasing in Turkey. In fact, there are only two countries in Europe, whose youth unemployment rates are constantly rising: Iceland and Turkey.

A child worker, who was working in a cotton field in Urfa, has fallen into an agricultural machine and lost his life. The figures shared by the İSİG Assembly have shown that at least 67 child laborers lost their lives in occupational homicides in 2018.

A collective agreement has been signed between the İzmir Suburban Systems (İZBAN) management and the union. İZBAN workers’ strike was previously postponed by a presidential decree.

The TurkStat has announced the labor force statistics for October 2018. The number of the unemployed has increased by 501 thousand and reached 3 million 788 thousand in October, compared to the same period last year.

The strike which has been going on for about one month has been postponed for 60 days by a presidential decree. If a solution is not reached within this time, the workers will lose their right to strike.

With TurkStat announcing the inflation figures, wage increases for civil servants and pensioners have also been determined. Wages for active and retired civil servants will rise by 10.69 percent, pensioners from SGK and BAĞ-KUR by 10.19 percent.

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the inflation figures for December and 2018. While the consumer inflation has fallen by 0.40 percent in December, the annual consumer inflation has become 20.30 percent in 2018.

The Minimum Wage Determining Commission has met for the last time to determine the minimum wages for 2019. The net minimum wage has been announced as 2,020 Turkish Liras (~380 USD).