Turkey

ISTANBUL | 06 – 02 – 2010 | Our determination to struggle against the ‘union busting’ and job lay off’s in Esenyurt has existed since 172 days with the support of national and international solidarity. We, as Trade Union of the Municipality Workers Istanbul, 2nd Branch, despite all kinds of oppression and bad weather conditions, have been continuing our resistance ...

ISTANBUL | 01 – 02 – 2010 | I am an imprisoned journalist at the Bakırköy Women’s Prison. Approximately 5 months ago, I was arrested as a result of an obvious conspiracy. During this past time no formal charges have been placed. I am being imprisoned arbitrarily. As you will understand, my court hearing date is unknown and there is ...

ANKARA | 19 – 01 – 2010 | Thousands of Tekel workers called for a general strike in Ankara after another protest march on Suday. The workers occupied the Türk-İş building after the unions federation executives had not made the expected announcement regarding a full scale strike. Tekel workers, struggling for their rights since middle of December, surged to the ...

TURKEY | 30 – 12 – 2009 | Another 24 people have been taken into custody in the Turkish cities of Van and Batman. The total number of arrests throughout the last week in the scope of the operation against Peace and Democracy Party mounts to 47 people. The Peace Council of Turkey criticized the course of action. A further ...

ISTANBUL | 24 – 12 – 2009 | Our representatives and workers who intended to make a public meeting at the Bosporus Bridge were arrested. Since 5 month the workers of the Esenyurt municipality were laid of their jobs for being members of the municipality union. They are since 127 days on strike. The workers from BIMTAS Company are on ...

TURKEY | 20 – 12 – 2009 | After the negotiations in the White House between Obama and the Turkish PM Erdogan on December 7th, it was stated that there have been many “NEW” tasks given to Turkey, also called the “right arm of the US”. The US, who turned the Middle East into a blood bath has in order ...

MUŞ | 18 – 12 – 2009 | After the closure of pro-Kurdish DTP, clashes occurred in the pre-dominantly Kurdish South-East of Turkey and also in Istanbul, claiming the lives of several people. A shop owner from Muş shot to the crowd right in front of the police, a person in Istanbul was paid to shoot. During protests against the ...

TURKEY | 10 – 12 – 2009 | The clashes of police state forces and the Kurdish people in Turkey and Turkey Kurdistan.  has reached its highest point. Only last week more then 22 demonstrators were arrested for supposedly participating in an “illegal action”. Now on December 10th 2009, a demonstration initiated by the DTP in Van (region in Turkey/Kurdistan) ...

ISTANBUL | 13 – 10 – 2009 | The massive attacks, arrests and the censoring of the media, closings of oppositional revolutionary and progressive papers in Turkey have recently increased. All of these attacks happen in a time in where Turkey talks about “Kurdish solution” and “democracy solution”. But in reality it’s the other way around, with repression, false scenarios ...

TURKEY | 15 – 09 – 2009 | September 12, 2009 is the 29th dark anniversary of the 1980 Military Coup, second phase of a process of militarization in all fields of the country. Previously, the coup d’état of March 12, 1971 had already abolished or destroyed many democratic rights and institutions by the application of a repression without precedent. ...