Turkish jobless to fall to around 10 pct-minister

ANKARA, July 16 | Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:16am EDT

ANKARA, July 16 (Reuters) - Turkey's unemployment rate will fall to around 10 percent in the May-July period, Industry Minister Nihat Ergun said on Friday.

The jobless rate, measured on a three-month average, fell to 12.0 percent in the March to May period compared with a rate of 13.7 percent from February to April, data showed on Thursday.

(Reporting by Tulay Karadeniz)

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