The local government elections in Turkey will be held the day after tomorrow. Is there a chance this time to free the country from Erdoğan's grip or is secularism in the country on its way to final defeat? The economic crisis in Turkey is so acute that the Central Bank of Turkey had to agree to raise interest rates last week by another 5% points to 50%.
The number of unemployed in Turkey, among those aged 15 and over, increased in January by 85,000 to 3.214 million, the unemployment rate increased by two tenths of a percent to 9.1%.