Workers who were on their way to May Day celebrations in Urfa had a traffic accident. While five people have lost their lives in the accident, 15 workers have been wounded. Four of the wounded are in serious condition.

Police have intervened against the groups and members of political organizations who want to celebrate the May Day in Taksim Square. Several people have been taken into custody in the districts of Şişli and Beşiktaş.

The Governorate has banned all demonstrations on the ground that the "leftist, marginal and provocative groups" are making calls for taking action in the provinces where the AKP lost in the March 31 elections.

Central Bank has again kept the political interest rate fixed at its current level of 24 percent. Unlike its statement in March 2019, this month’s statement does not include the sentence “an additional monetary tightening can be introduced if needs be.”

The rates of schooling and labor participation increased, child population and early marriage of girls decreased last year, the TurkStat has announced.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the labor force statistics for January 2019. Accordingly, the rate of unemployment across Turkey has increased to 14.7 percent, accounting for a total of 4 million 668 thousand people without a job.

The US dollar has been rising against the Turkish lira since April 1 amid uncertainty and violations in the March 31 local elections.

In March, 108 workers have lost their lives, including 104 men, five children, and 11 refugees. The number of workers who lost their lives in occupational homicides became 392.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the consumer and producer inflation figures for March. Accordingly, while the consumer inflation has increased by 1.03 percent since February, the annual inflation has been 19.71 percent.

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced that the unemployment rate was 11 percent in Turkey in 2018. Increasing by 83 thousand people in comparison with the previous year, the number of unemployed reached 3 million 537 thousand people in 2018.

According to the figures by the İSİG Assembly, 96 percent of the killed workers in İstanbul were men. Most deaths occurred in the construction and building sector.

According to the “Crisis of Turkey” report prepared by the CHP, since 2002, the external debt of Turkey has more than tripled to 450 billion dollars. While a baby was born with 1,963 dollars of debt in 2002, this figure has increased to 5,513 dollars in 2018.

The TurkStat has announced the employment figures for December 2018. Accordingly, the unemployment rate his increased to 13.5 percent and the number of unemployed has become 4 million and 320 thousand.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank has not changed the political interest rate, keeping it fixed at its current level of 24 percent.

The consumer inflation rate for February has increased 0.16 percent compared to January, 19.67 percent compared to the same month last year. The inflation rate in January was 20.35 percent.

According to the 2019 report of the DİSK-AR, only 7 percent of the workers benefit from collective labor agreements. Women's unionization rate is significantly less than men's.

The Education and Science Workers' Union has criticized the protocol between the Ministry of National Education and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey as it will pave way for the use of children as cheap labor.

Three workers have been confirmed dead after yesterday's mine collapse in Muğla. One worker has been rescued injured.

In Milas district of Muğla, a feldspar mine has collapsed, four workers has been left under wreckage. Rescue teams has reached one worker's body, while another worker has been rescued injured.

Turkey has posted a current account deficit of 1 billion and 437 million US Dollars in December. The country's current account has recorded a deficit of 27 billion and 633 million dollars.