According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in December last year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production decreased 0.2 percent compared to the previous month, while the calendar adjusted index was up 1.3 percent compared to December 2015.
In December of the past year, the index for the production of basic metals in Turkey decreased by 2.3 percent month on month and was down 4.7 percent year on year.
The index for the production of fabricated metal products in the given month decreased by seven percent month on month and was down 13.4 percent year on year.