Turkey
1.Series
Title:
Registered unemployment.
Starting year:
1946.
2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons
Name of the agency:
Türkiye Is Kurumu (Iskur) (Turkish Employment Organisation - TEO).
Type of agency:
Public service under a national authority.
Name of the national authority:
Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
Location of the local offices making the registrations:
In all provinces as well as in some districts.
Type of services provided/administered by the agency:
Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
Assisting job-seekers to establish their own business;
Assisting employers to find workers;
Vocational guidance;
Job-related training;
Paying unemployment compensation (Unemployment Insurance);
Other: making labour force surveys in the local market and evaluations; establishing and running a labour market information system; compensating work losses.
Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:
37% (3rd quarter, 2001).
3.The following information is registered about a person:
Name;
Sex;
Social security number (or similar identification number also used by other agencies);
Address of usual residence;
Date and place of birth;
Citizenship;
Educational attainment, with four categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have been established;
Current/past activity status, with nine categories distinguished;
Type of work (occupation) of past or present job with 72 groups distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have been established (minor groups level);
Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with 72 groups distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have been established (minor groups level);
Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/ workplace, with three groups distinguished. (ISIC, rev.3 is used, but NACE, rev.1 will be used shortly);
Previous registrations with the agency/service;
Other: experience in previous work place; additional occupation; foreign language skills; driving license/ Passport number; social situation (disabled, affected by terrorism, etc.); marital status; unemployment duration; sought wage; sector; type of work (permanent or seasonal, etc.); location (home or abroad).
4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Being without work (R) and (S);
Seeking work (every applicant is registered regardless of current employment status) (R) and (S);
Availability for work (availability to commence work on the date specified by an employer) (R) and (S);
Age (lower limit: 15 years; no upper limit) (R) and (S);
Citizenship (R) and (S);
Being resident in the country (R) and (S);
Previously employed (R);
Desired duration of employment and/or number of hours of work sought (R) and (S);
Previous payment of unemployed insurance contributions (R) and (S).
5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Death (R) and (S);
Taking up residency abroad (R) and (S);
Commencement of a (new) job (placement through TEO) (R) and (S).
Commencement of military service (R) and (S);
Studying or undergoing training (R) and (S);
Failure to contact the agency/service (registrations expire automatically after one year if not renewed) (R) and (S);
Refusal of 3 suitable job offers (R) and (S);
Receipt of a pension (R) and (S).
6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics
Any person of working age (15 years and over) who is able and wishes to work and who, at the time of application to the employment office, is earning less than the minimum wage and who is not yet placed in a job by the employment office.
7.Updating of the registers
The registers are updated monthly.
8.Unemployment rates
Statistics from the registers are used to obtain unemployment rates. The source of data on employed persons who are part of the denominator of the unemployment rates is the Labour Force Survey (conducted by the State Institute of Statistics).
Definition of employed persons for this purpose:
According to Turkish labour law, persons working under a contract of employment in any job for wages.
9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced
Series 1:
Reference period:
Month.
Frequency of production:
Monthly.
Descriptive variables used:
Sex;
Age;
Educational level;
Occupation;
Industry;
Geographic characteristics;
Duration of unemployment;
Other: profession groups.
Form of publication:
On paper, for general audience;
On a website (www.iskur.gov.tr).
Agency responsible for publication:
General Directorate of TEO/Employment Department Labour Force Monitoring and Statistics Section.
Title of the publication:
Turkish Employment Organisation Statistical Yearbook.
Series 2:
Reference period:
Year.
Frequency of production:
Yearly.
Descriptive variables used:
Sex;
Age;
Educational level;
Occupation;
Industry;
Geographic characteristics;
Duration of unemployment;
Other: profession groups.
Form of publication:
On paper, for general audience;
On a website (www.iskur.gov.tr).
Agency responsible for publication:
General Directorate of TEO/Employment Department Labour Force Monitoring and Statistics Section.
Title of the publication:
Turkish Employment Organisation Statistical Yearbook.
10.Methodological information about the statistics
Form of release:
On paper, for general audience;
On a website (www.iskur.gov.tr).
Agency responsible for the release:
TEO.
11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources
Comparisons are made with unemployment statistics from the Labour Force Survey.
Frequency of the comparisons:
Regularly, on a quarterly basis.
Publication of the methodology/results of the comparisons:
These have not been published.
12.Major changes since the start of the statistics
There have been no major changes in legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures which had a significant influence on the statistics.