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Turkey's unemployment rate continues to decline, according to TurkStat

Turkey's unemployment rate continues to decline, according to TurkStat

The share of informal employees was 27.8 percent whereas the youth unemployment rate was over 20 percent in December.

10 February 2022

Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain

Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain

“The workers demanding their daily bread are now deprived of it as well. We know this force, we know this obtrusiveness. Today, workers all across Turkey are resisting it,” said the Chair of Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union.

10 February 2022

Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers

Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers

Halting work for better working conditions, over 150 workers of the Migros Depo, the warehouse of Migros supermarket chain, and three union executives were briefly detained while they were waiting in the warehouse in İstanbul’s Esenyurt.

9 February 2022

Turkey to end restrictions on industrial natural gas use

Turkey to end restrictions on industrial natural gas use

Natural gas delivery to industrial facilities have been restricted since January 20.

7 February 2022

Turkey is faced with a serious energy crisis, says engineers chamber

Turkey is faced with a serious energy crisis, says engineers chamber

The recent industrial natural gas cuts and the excessive increase in energy prices are caused by wrong energy policies, says the Chamber of Chemical Engineers.

7 February 2022

‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin

‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin

Thousands of people took to the streets in Mardin’s Kızıltepe and protested the price hikes. Police intervened against the protesters with pepper gas and pressurized water.

7 February 2022

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

On a “white watch” since January 26, physicians protested in front of the Parliament. Turkish Medical Association Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı asked why the legislative proposal foreseeing better employee personal rights for health workers was withdrawn.

4 February 2022

Turkey’s publishing industry shrinks: Number of printed books drops by 20 percent

Turkey’s publishing industry shrinks: Number of printed books drops by 20 percent

The number of printed books saw a 20-percent annual decline in Turkey in January 2022, dropping to the level in 2016. In a first, the number of printed book banderoles also dropped by 0.4 percent last month.

4 February 2022

beIN Media Turkey registers journalists as 'marine workers' to prevent unionization

beIN Media Turkey registers journalists as 'marine workers' to prevent unionization

There are formally five different companies within the Digitürk platform and none of them were registered as media companies, bianet has learned.

3 February 2022 Hikmet Adal

Workers throughout Turkey protest low wage hikes amid high inflation

Workers throughout Turkey protest low wage hikes amid high inflation

Gig workers of e-commerce companies, journalists and factory workers continue protests.

3 February 2022

Turkey's official inflation stands at 48 percent, research group says 114 percent

Turkey's official inflation stands at 48 percent, research group says 114 percent

According to the TurkStat, in January 2022, the annual consumer inflation rate was 48.69 percent in Turkey while the Inflation Research Group (ENAG) has estimated the same rate as 114.87 percent.

3 February 2022

Firm fined over North Marmara Highway’s closure due to snowfall in İstanbul

Firm fined over North Marmara Highway’s closure due to snowfall in İstanbul

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has fined the company operating the North Marmara Highway, which was partially closed due to heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions in İstanbul on January 24. The company will pay 6.8 million lira.

31 January 2022

More delivery workers begin protests over low wage hikes

More delivery workers begin protests over low wage hikes

Delivery workers of Turkey's popular e-commerce platforms demand higher wages. After Trendyol workers secured a 38 percent hike, workers of Hepsiburada and Scotty have also began protests.

31 January 2022

Workers detained at Farplas factory released

Workers detained at Farplas factory released

Giving their statements at the Gebze Security Directorate, 108 people, including 106 Farplas factory workers and union representatives and 2 DGD-SEN union executives who were there in support, have been released from detention.

31 January 2022

Different inflation forecasts by Turkey’s Central Bank Governor, Finance Minister

Different inflation forecasts by Turkey’s Central Bank Governor, Finance Minister

While Central Bank Governor Kavcıoğlu, in a press briefing on January 27, announced the 2022 year-end inflation forecast as 23.2 percent, Minister of Treasury and Finance Nebati said a day before: “Inflation will be around 40 percent for some time.”

28 January 2022

Turkey’s Central Bank revises up year-end inflation forecast to 23.2 percent

Turkey’s Central Bank revises up year-end inflation forecast to 23.2 percent

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Turkey’s annual inflation rate was 36.08 percent in December 2021. The Inflation Research Group (ENAG), on the other hand, estimated the same rate as 82.81 percent.

27 January 2022

After workers' protests, Trendyol agrees to raise salaries by 38 percent

After workers' protests, Trendyol agrees to raise salaries by 38 percent

Delivery workers of the e-commerce company have been protesting low wage rises.

26 January 2022

‘You report 600-percent growth, what do you mean by 11-percent pay rise for workers?’

‘You report 600-percent growth, what do you mean by 11-percent pay rise for workers?’

The delivery workers of Trendyol, one of the largest e-commerce companies in Turkey, gathered in İstanbul’s Maltepe and Yenikapı and expressed their demands, including a 50-percent pay rise and not dismissing the workers seeking their rights.

26 January 2022

71 health workers subjected to violence per day during the pandemic

71 health workers subjected to violence per day during the pandemic

The Ankara Branch of the Health and Social Service Laborers Union has released its report on violence in healthcare: The number of incidents of violence in healthcare reported with code white increased by 56 percent in 2020 during the pandemic.

25 January 2022

Hundreds of delivery workers protest e-commerce company over low wage increases

Hundreds of delivery workers protest e-commerce company over low wage increases

Trendyol raised the salaries of its workers by only 11 percent despite the 36 percent official inflation rate.

24 January 2022

Restriction on electricity supply: Industry to halt for 3 days in Turkey

Restriction on electricity supply: Industry to halt for 3 days in Turkey

As Iran has cut natural gas flow to Turkey due to a technical failure on the transmission line, the Electricity Transmission Corporation has decided to restrict electricity distribution to organized industrial zones for 3 days starting from today, January 24.

24 January 2022

Healthcare workers in Turkey: We cannot breathe

Healthcare workers in Turkey: We cannot breathe

Health and Social Service Laborers Union (SES) Chair Selma Atabey has raised concerns that the Law on Violence in Healthcare, which was enacted “for show”, is not enforced even in its current state, underlining that violence is increasing by day.

21 January 2022

Health workers to go on strike in Turkey for better wages, employee personal rights

Health workers to go on strike in Turkey for better wages, employee personal rights

Healthcare workers’ labor and professional organizations have announced that they will be on call from January 26 to February 4 and on strike on February 8, demanding an improvement in their wages and employee personal rights.

21 January 2022

Employer fined for worker’s death by forced sewer cleaning

Employer fined for worker’s death by forced sewer cleaning

Having caught an infection as he was forced to clean the sewer at İstanbul University, 26-year-old Açıkgözoğlu lost his life in 2014. The employer has been sentenced to pay a judicial fine of 12,100 Turkish Lira.

20 January 2022

Turkey keeps interest rate constant

Turkey keeps interest rate constant

The Central Bank has kept the interest rate at 14 percent, saying that it will use all instruments decisively "until strong indicators point to a permanent fall in inflation."

20 January 2022

Half a million teachers await appointment, Ministry to appoint 15 thousand

Half a million teachers await appointment, Ministry to appoint 15 thousand

Minister of National Education Özer has announced that 50 percent of the 15 thousand teachers to be appointed on January 31 will be employed in İstanbul. The number of teachers awaiting an appointment to work in the public sector is 500,041.

19 January 2022

Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers

Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers

Dismissed from the Uğur Textile factory in Urfa, 87 workers allege that their names have been given to the other factories in the province and they are unable to find a job anywhere for this reason.

18 January 2022

Unions sign collective labor agreement, metal workers halt work in protest

Unions sign collective labor agreement, metal workers halt work in protest

835 workers of Çimsataş metal factory in Mersin have halted work in protest after the unions of workers and employers signed a collective labor agreement.

13 January 2022

'Increase in women's unemployment is alarming'

'Increase in women's unemployment is alarming'

The gender gap in unemployment rates has reached 4.9 percent, according to BETAM.

13 January 2022

BBC Turkish goes on strike on January 14

BBC Turkish goes on strike on January 14

As the collective bargaining between the BBC Turkish and the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has ended in a deadlock, the journalists will go on strike on January 14. The decision was announced in early December 2021.

13 January 2022

Pegasus Airlines fired workers because of union activities, employment agency finds

Pegasus Airlines fired workers because of union activities, employment agency finds

The company fired 106 workers after the Nakliyat-İş union started its activities.

12 January 2022

Collective bargaining | Metal workers, employers’ union reach an agreement

Collective bargaining | Metal workers, employers’ union reach an agreement

According to the collective labor agreement signed by metal workers' and employers’ unions, workers’ wages will be increased by 27.44 percent in the first 6 months.

12 January 2022