Turkish Statistical Institute published the labor force statistics for August. Accordingly, the number of unemployed persons aged 15 and over decreased by 100 thousand in August compared to the previous month and became 3 million 312 thousand people. The unemployment rate, on the other hand, decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 9.6%. Thus, unemployment fell to single digits for the first time in 4 years [This is the single most important predictor of election success – GC] –