Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Of the production facilities to which these reports belong, 37.82% have 1-9, 46.02% have 10-49, 7.87% have 50-99, 5.78% have 100-249 and 2.51% have more than 250 employees.

- In facilities with Industrial Capacity Reports in 2016, the total number of employees was 2,994,120 with an increase of 1.59% compared to the previous year

While the total number of employees in these facilities was 2,947,254 in 2015, it increased by 1.59% in 2016 to reach 2,994,120.

While 4,83% of total employees were employed in facilities with 1-9 employees; 25.73% of total employees were employed in facilities with 10-49; 13.39% of total employees were employed in facilities with 50-99; 21.44% of total employees were employed in facilities with 100-249; 34.61% of total employees were employed in facilities with 250 and more employees.

According to the current reports, the first five provinces with the highest employment were Ä°stanbul (658,896), Bursa (264,297), Ä°zmir (197,939), Kocaeli (186,881) and Ankara (161,199).

Ardahan (261), Bayburt (322), Hakkâri (565), Tunceli (694), and Iğdır (845) are the five provinces with the least number of employees.

In 2015-2016, the share of industrial firms in the SME scale decreased from 65.93% to 65.39%, while the share of large firms increased from 34.07% to 34.61%.

Compared to 2015, cities that produce the most new jobs in the industry in 2016; (21.20%), Tunceli (15.47%), Samsun (11.39%), Manisa (10.93%), Kütahya (10.42%).

Compared to 2015, the cities with the greatest decrease in employment in the industry in 2016; (-33.98%), Kars (-30.39%), Ardahan (-24.57%), Bitlis (-23.24%), Hakkâri (-22.60%).

Employment growth in new industrial sectors, on the basis of regions were: Eastern Marmara (4.44%), Aegean (4.05%) and Central Anatolia (2.78%) regions.

The regions where industrial employment decline is highest are: Northeast Anatolia (-7.76%), Middle East Anatolia (-1.90%), and Western Marmara (-0.92%).