According to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year the index of the number of hours worked in construction in Turkey increased slightly by 0.9 percent year on year. While the number of hours worked in civil engineering in the first quarter remained almost stable with just a slight decrease of 0.2 percent year on year, the number of hours worked in construction of buildings rose by 1.7 percent.
Meanwhile, in the first quarter the employment index of the domestic construction industry increased by 1.9 percent year on year. Employment in construction of buildings in the first quarter this year was up by 4.1 percent, while employment in civil engineering decreased by 1.1 percent, compared to the corresponding period of 2011.