Türkiye's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.5 percentage points from the previous month to 8.1% in July, according to official data released Monday.
The number of unemployed people aged 15 and over increased by 150,000 month-on-month to 2.86 million, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.
The unemployment rate stood at 6.8% among men and 10.6% among women.
The number of employed people fell by 388,000 from June to 32.36 million, while the employment rate declined by 0.6 percentage points to 48.3%.
The employment rate was 65.5% for men and 31.4% for women.
