ANKARA: Trkiye's jobless rate eased to 8.8% in July, from an 11-month high of 9.2% in June, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Tuesday. The number of unemployed fell 112,000 month-on-month to 3.17 million as of July, TurkStat data showed. The unemployment rate for men decreased by 0.5 percentage points from a month earlier to 7% and was stable at 12.4% for women. The labor force participation rate came in at 54.4%, a slight rise of 0.1 percentage point from June. The employment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points to 49.6%, accounting for 32.7 million people. Youth unemployment, defined as those aged 15-24, ticked down by 0.1 percentage points to 16.6%. The rate was 12.2% for men and 25% for women. Source: Anadolu Agency