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Over 1,800 agricultural workers killed on the job in a decade

Over 1,800 agricultural workers killed on the job in a decade

The İSİG report attributed the high rate of work-related accidents in the agricultural sector to seasonal work

28 September 2023

Nine-year-old girl loses life to electric shock in Kocaeli

Nine-year-old girl loses life to electric shock in Kocaeli

The child was the daughter of a family working as seasonal agricultural workers.

Agricultural workers’ child found dead in a puddle

Agricultural workers’ child found dead in a puddle

Having moved from Urfa to Çorum as seasonal agricultural workers, Kubacık family’s 13-year-old son Ali Kubacık has been found dead in a puddle during the search and rescue operations that started after the family had reported him missing.

11 October 2021

Knife attack against seasonal agricultural workers in Çorum

Knife attack against seasonal agricultural workers in Çorum

Seasonal agricultural workers from the southeastern province of Urfa have been subjected to the knife attack of the village head and his sons in Tekke village in Çorum.

‘At least 1,155 workers lost their lives in the first half of 2021’

CHP REPORT

‘At least 1,155 workers lost their lives in the first half of 2021’

Main opposition CHP Niğde MP Ömer Fethi Gürer has indicated that 1,155 workers lost their lives in Turkey in the first six months of this year. 34 percent of the workers died of COVID-19.

Seven injured in racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Afyon

Seven injured in racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Afyon

Two Kurdish families have been reportedly asked to leave the city after the incident.

Seasonal agricultural workers: ‘Deprived of hygiene, detached from education’

PROBLEMS AGGRAVATED BY PANDEMIC

Seasonal agricultural workers: ‘Deprived of hygiene, detached from education’

Problems of seasonal agricultural workers in Manisa are aggravated even more by the pandemic. In addition to a dire need for hot and clean water, the income inequality and the number of children detached from education rise every year.

7 May 2021 Esmer Değirmen

‘Men earn 120 lira, women 85 lira, Syrians even less’

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

‘Men earn 120 lira, women 85 lira, Syrians even less’

HDP MPs met agricultural workers in Mersin. “We go to work at 4 in the morning; there are times when we cannot go back home at 9 in the evening. We cannot rest even for half an hour to eat something,” says the Precarious Workers Association Chair.

Natural disasters suffered by seasonal agricultural workers

Natural disasters suffered by seasonal agricultural workers

A non-profit has compiled a photo album from the natural disasters that affected seasonal agricultural workers in the past decade.

25 January 2021

Detained over attack on Kurdish workers, two people released

Detained over attack on Kurdish workers, two people released

Taken into custody for attacking the Kurdish agricultural workers who went from Mardin to Sakarya to harvest hazelnuts, two suspects have been released on probation.

8 September 2020

İHD: Child Labor in Agriculture Continuing Despite Pandemic

İHD: Child Labor in Agriculture Continuing Despite Pandemic

As all members of a family usually join seasonal agricultural labor, children's employment continued in this season despite the measures for the pandemic, the association has stated.

3 Children Drown in Kızılırmak River

3 Children Drown in Kızılırmak River

The children who drowned in Kızılırmak River in Sivas were reportedly the children of seasonal agricultural workers who came to the province for potato planting.

‘If Seasonal Agricultural Workers Cannot Find a Job, Child Labor will Increase’

CORONAVIRUS

‘If Seasonal Agricultural Workers Cannot Find a Job, Child Labor will Increase’

Development Workshop has released a report on the lives of seasonal agricultural workers in Turkey in the days of coronavirus pandemic. Ayşe Özsoy from Development Workshop has answered the questions of bianet.

7 May 2020 Hikmet Adal

The Ones Left out of Quarantine: Journey of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Begins

The Ones Left out of Quarantine: Journey of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Begins

Agricultural workers say, “We live in 11-person family tents where we go. We work for peanuts in precarious, temporary jobs. We don’t have rights. We are not even treated like fellow human beings most of the time.”

14 April 2020 Filiz Yalçıntaş

Agricultural Workers to Migrate Amid Pandemic, Government Has Done Little to Protect Them

Agricultural Workers to Migrate Amid Pandemic, Government Has Done Little to Protect Them

As many as 500 thousand seasonal agricultural workers who live in tents with poor hygienic conditions are poised to migrate.

8 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

‘If We Cannot Ensure Planting, a Crisis Might Arise in Agriculture’

CORONAVIRUS

‘If We Cannot Ensure Planting, a Crisis Might Arise in Agriculture’

Noting that the season has opened for planting vegetable seeds and seedlings, CHP MP Gürer says, “Farmers cannot go out due to the coronavirus outbreak. The uncertainty makes farmers descend into pessimism.”

2 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

Report by HDP on Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Report by HDP on Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Problems of seasonal agricultural workers and solution offers have taken place in the HDP Labor Commission’s Report of Seasonal Agricultural Workers.

29 September 2017