Turkey Risks a Jobless Recovery After Unemployment Turns Higher

A worker wheels a cart laden with goods through an ancient passageway in Istanbul.

Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg
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Turkey’s jobless rate rose for the first time in four months, in a sign of divergence with the broader economy that ended the year on an upswing.

Unemployment climbed to 13.7% in December from 13.3% the previous month, data published by the statistics office showed on Tuesday. Gross domestic product surged an annual 6% in the fourth quarter.