With a Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, the period of short time work allowance has been extended till June 30, 2021. Introduced to curb the negative effects of the pandemic, the payment was ended on March 31.

More electricity production companies will benefit from a state support program, according to a new draft regulation.

In the wake of a demonstration ban which will also be in effect on May Day, a group of workers came together at the Freedom Square in İstanbul’s Bakırköy to make a call for May Day. Police have detained nearly 50 people.

Detailing Diyarbakır’s history of production and trade, the online exhibition of “The history of production: Crossroads, cornucopia and politics” is jointly held by Anadolu Kültür and Diyarbakır Association for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets.

According to the April 2021 report of the International Monetary Fund, Turkey’s inflation rate is 6.5 times higher than the European average, which is 2.1 percent.

All events and demonstrations will be banned in the city until May 17.

The police intervened against the dismissed workers of Sinbo, a company producing small home appliances, who wanted to make a press statement in front of the factory in İstanbul. Five people, including three journalists, have been detained.

The Health and Social Service Laborers Union (SES) has held a press conference about the recent ban on healthcare workers’ right to take a leave of absence, retire and resign amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Governors of Kocaeli and Denizli have banned the celebrations.

According to a Central Bank regulation, payment and electronic money institutions will not be able to mediate platforms that offer trading, custody, transfer, or issuance services for crypto assets besides mediating fund transfers from them.

The Monetary Policy Committee of Turkey’s Central Bank has kept the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) fixed at 19 percent.

Physicians attempted to make a press statement near Çemberlitaş tram station; however, they have been prevented by the police. The protests of Amed Health Platform in Diyarbakır have also been hindered by police officers.

Dismissed with ‘Code 29’ after joining a labor union, the workers of Migros supermarket chain have been once again taken into custody in front of the house of their employer Tuncay Özilhan on the 100th day of their protest.

The opposition and economists have accused the government of draining the reserves by selling 128 billion dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to keep the US dollar's exchange rate from rising.

The number of unemployed people was over 10 million in February, according to the DİSK-AR.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released its Labor Force Statistics for February 2021. The number of unemployed persons has increased by 250 thousand people when compared to the previous month, says the report.

The court has concluded that the workers were dismissed because of being unionized.

The Social Security Institution (SGK) has answered the question of the DİSK confederation regarding the number of people dismissed with ‘Code 29’, a legal way used by employers to circumvent the layoff ban amid the pandemic.

Miner Salif Zıvalı has lost his life after an unlicensed mine in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Zonguldak collapsed.

The termination of the short-time work allowance added more to the hardships faced by shopkeepers and workers during the pandemic.