# Turkey Unemployment rate (TurkStat via TCMB EVDS)

Turkey Unemployment rate (TurkStat via TCMB EVDS) was 8.5% in September 2026, up 0.8 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.4% (May 2026) to 15.1% (Jan 2019), averaging 10.7%.

- Source agency: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (TCMB)
- Makrognosis code: `TR.UNEMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2005-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (261 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/turkey/unemployment-rate-turkstat-via-tcmb-evds

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 8.5% |
| August 2026 | 7.7% |
| July 2026 | 8.3% |
| June 2026 | 7.4% |
| May 2026 | 7.4% |
| April 2026 | 8.0% |
| March 2026 | 8.1% |
| February 2026 | 9.0% |
| January 2026 | 8.6% |
| December 2025 | 7.8% |
| November 2025 | 8.6% |
| October 2025 | 8.2% |
| September 2025 | 8.6% |
| August 2025 | 8.5% |
| July 2025 | 8.3% |
| June 2025 | 8.5% |
| May 2025 | 7.6% |
| April 2025 | 8.5% |
| March 2025 | 8.0% |
| February 2025 | 8.7% |
| January 2025 | 9.0% |
| December 2024 | 8.7% |
| November 2024 | 8.4% |
| October 2024 | 8.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TR.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TR.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```