The TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) announced that the Construction Confidence Index increased to 83.3 in December. According to TÜİK, the number of managers expecting an increase in the employee number for the next three months decreased. The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜIK) announced the sectoral confidence indices report for December. As per the report, the construction confidence index which was 83 in the previous month increased to 83.3 in December. Thus, the increase rate of seasonally adjusted construction confidence index became 0.4 percent compared to the previous month. The increase in the construction confidence index resulted from the increase in the number of enterprise managers evaluating that the current level of registered orders received is above the seasonal norms. The number of enterprise managers expecting an increase in the total number of employees for the next three months decreased. While the index of the current level of registered orders received increased by 2.4 percent, the index of the expectation of the total number of employees decreased by 0.8 percent in the construction industry compared to the previous month.