The number of Turkish workers who go to foreign countries to work dropped in 2009.

The number of workers, who were sent abroad by Turkish Employment Organization (ISKUR), dropped 66.86 percent in January-February, 2009 when compared with the same period of 2008.

A total of 13,930 workers were sent to foreign countries in January-February 2008, while this figure decreased to 4,616 in the same period of 2009.

The countries and number of workers sent in January-February in 2008 and 2009 are as follows;

Countries 2008 Jan-Feb 2009 Jan-Feb


USA: 10 4
Afghanistan: 89 17
Germany : 253 173
Albania: 364 91
Australia: 0 11
Austria: 8 6
Azerbaijan: 234 2
UAE: 410 142
Belgium: 6 2
Bulgaria: 48 14
Algeria: 133 30
Denmark: 0 3
Morocco: 287 54
France: 26 25
South Africa: 15 0
Georgia: 18 1
The Netherlands: 3 14
Iraq: 1.324 349
Britain: 2 2
Israel: 55 2
Sweden: 0 2
Switzerland: 2 1
Italy: 4 4
N.Yemen: 45 0
Canada: 0 1
Qatar: 765 118
Kazakhstan: 1.413 106
Kyrgyzstan: 0 2
Kuwait: 1 5
Libya: 949 507
Lebanon: 0 1
Macedonia: 3 4
Egypt: 39 0
Norway: 1 0
Uzbekistan: 2 12
Pakistan: 22 7
Romania: 285 15
Russia: 2.792 974
Saudi Arabia: 3.285 1.433
Sudan: 27 1
Tajikistan: 184 0
Turkmenistan: 141 242
Ukraine: 406 62
Oman: 81 120
Jordan: 161 14

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Güncelleme Tarihi: 13 Mart 2009, 16:51