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This study aims to reveal the unemployment structure of the neighboring countries of Turkey and Turkey. These countries are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. The data set is in annual periods and covers the period 1991-2017 and unemployment rates between 15-64 years. In the first place, the horizontal cut dependency test was applied to the series and it was found that the horizontal cut dependency between the series was applied. According to the results of the horizontal cut dependency, the CADF panel unit root test that provides information for both the country and the panel in general has been implemented. The findings obtained are that the hypothesis of natural unemployment is valid throughout the panel, in other words, the hypothesis of unemployment hystery is not valid. According to the country-based findings, there is a hysteric unemployment in Syria, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece and Turkey and there is a natural unemployment for Iraq, Iran, Bulgaria and Armenia.