ANKARA (AA) - September 5, 2012 - Employment in industrial sector in Turkey rose 4.2 percent in the April-June quarter of 2012 over the same period a year earlier, the country's statistics authority said Wednesday.
The figure was also up by 1.8 percent from the January-March quarter of this year, TurkStat said, adding that the three-month industrial employment index stood at 109.8 points.
Hours worked in the sector in Q2 increased by 2.9 percent y-o-y, and it was up by 0.8 percent over the first quarter of 2012, TurkStat said.