Number Of Turkish Workers Going Abroad Down

BURSA - The number of Turkish workers sent abroad by Turkey's Employment Agency (ISKUR) went down by 23.4 percent in 2008 when compared to the previous year and was recorded as 57,652.
The number of Turkish workers sent abroad in January went down by 66.8 percent when compared to the same month last year and was recorded as 2,775.
In 2008, the majority of Turkish workers went to Russia, Saudi Arabia and Libya.
Since 1961, the number of Turkish workers going abroad for work is more than 2,200,000.
Below is a table showing the number of Turkish workers in respective countries in 2008 and the change in percentage compared to the previous year:

COUNTRY No. of Workers Change(%)
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Russia 15,696 -32.1
Saudi Arabia 7,544 100.6
Libya 5,902 131.6
Iraq 4,742 -29.3
Kazakhstan 4,613 -42.1
Ukraine 2,523 -4.9
Qatar 2,355 -51.7
UAE 2,096 50.5
Albania 1,615 502.6
Germany 1,426 -74.6
Romania 1,348 -18.2
Turkmenistan 1,234 67.8
Morocco 1,187 20.0
Azerbaijan 939 -27.6
Algeria 792 -9.9

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