Turkey

TURKEY | 19 – 04 – 2011 | Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (the Elections Body) has ruled that BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) candidates Sebahat Tuncel (İstanbul), Gültan Kışanak (Siirt), Hatip Dicle and Leyla Zana (Diyarbakır), and “Labor, Democracy and Freedom” blocks candidates Ertugrul Kurkcu (Mersin), Isa Gurbuz (Elazig) and Salih Yildiz can not contest the elections. It is a hard ...

TURKEY | 27 – 03 – 2011 | Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) leader Selahatin Demirta? made an announcement, calling on Turkey’s Kurdish population to stage acts of civil disobedience. Speaking in a press conference he jointly held with Democratic Society Congress (DTK) leader Ahmet Türk, Demirta? said the DTK, an organization established by former members of the now-defunct ...

Urgent Statement From Peace And Democracy Party Peace and Democracy Party (Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi or BDP) and Democratic Society Congress (Demokratik Toplum Kongresi or DTK), have called the people to indefinite sit-down strike in Diyarbakir on 24 March 2011. DTK and BDP is also informed the public opinion about reason of the strike. According to the declaration, BDP and ...

TURKEY | 09 – 02 – 2011 | The Publishers Association demands the release of journalist Zengin from the Işçi-Köylü newspaper after one year in detention. Suzan Zengin is also a human rights activaist and translator of minority and genocide issues. Her first hearing was on 26 August. Next trial will be in 15 February.  Spokesperson Zarakolu criticized, “As long ...

TURKEY | 06 – 02 – 2011 | – In DESA Sefakoy factory, one of our members , Nevzat Ulku, who was dismissed because of being member of the Union, was offered money by the administration to withdraw the court case. DESA is forcing our member because they are well aware of being found guilty as an anti-union company and try to ...

TURKEY | 03 – 02 – 2011 | Stop the aggression towards the Union members! Reinstate the fired workers immediately! Implement the protocol! The latest developments in DESA are the concrete evidences of the anti-union attitude of the DESA employer. For a long time, our Union was criticizing the employer for not obeying to the rules of the Protocol, which ...

TURKEY | 26 – 01 – 2011 | Worldwide there are very important new developments in the people’s struggles. All over the world, including Europe, the struggles of the workers are increasing. As the actions and strikes in France and England are still in every one’s mind, now similar developments are taking place in Turkey. Yesterday the TEKEL workers resistance ...

ÇORLU | 23 – 01 – 2011 | Çorlu is an industrialized town that is one hour away from Istanbul. Our Union has been active in Çorlu since 1990s. We had successes in some periods and signed collective agreements however after 2000, by the coordinated attacks of bosses, military and other institutions of the state, we could not succeeded in ...

TURKEY | 23 – 01 – 2011 | Introduction According to the Constitution of Turkish Republic, it’s a legitimate and constitutional right of workers to organize in trade unions. Additionally, forcing workers to resign from membership of any Union is a crime that has a penalty of 3 years imprisonment. However there has not been any boss that has found ...

ÇORLU | 23 – 01 – 2011 | Our Union’s activities continue in Çorlu to convert this city from a heaven of cheap labor to a city where workers enjoy their fundamental rights. Grup Suni Deri produces artificial leather for domestic and international markets. For international market, the company exports to Greece, Switzerland, Russia… There are 105 workers in the ...