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 by 1.4 percent compared to the previous month, while the calendar adjusted index was down 9.8 percent compared to December 2017.
In December, the index for the production of basic metals in Turkey declined by 6.8 percent month on month and dropped by 20 percent year on year.
The index for the production of fabricated metal products in the given month decreased by 4.4 percent month on month and fell by 22.6 percent year on year.