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ECONOMY - LABOR
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Central Bank raises inflation forecasts for 2026 and 2027
The Central Bank has introduced a new system that includes interim targets in addition to annual inflation forecasts.
14 August 2025
Hikmet Adal
reports
Seventeen textile workers dismissed after union membership in Dersim
The workers are protesting the employee, demanding their reinstatement and the recognition of union rights.
13 August 2025
Sema Öcal
Sema Öcal
reports
University graduates face unemployment, low wages, and work outside their field
The experience requirement blocks youth employment, while internships often turn into a search for cheap labor.
12 August 2025
Sema Öcal
Ayşenur Geyyas
reports
Long power outages disrupt daily life in Antep amid summer heat
An expert from the Chamber of Electrical Engineers says distribution companies must take measures to tackle overloads.
11 August 2025
Ayşenur Geyyas
Only 14,000 registered agricultural workers remain in Turkey, MP warns
Farmers struggle to pay social security premiums for themselves, let alone for their workers.
5 August 2025
İstanbul retail inflation reaches 42.48% in July
The Chamber of Commerce data shows a 23.80% increase since the beginning of the year in the city.
1 August 2025
Erdoğan 'postpones' mine workers' strike, bringing his tally to 22
The president cited national security concerns for the move.
31 July 2025
One-third of Turkey's workforce is idle, official data reveals
While the unemployment rate stood at 8.6%, idle workforce rose by 1.8 percentage points in a month.
30 July 2025
Akkuyu nuclear plant workers face harsh gendarmerie response during wage protest
The workers, both Turkish and Russian nationals, have reportedly gone unpaid for the past three months.
23 July 2025
Turkey withdrawing from 50-year crude oil agreement with Iraq
The decision comes as the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline has remained out of service for an extended period following an International Chamber of Commerce ruling.
21 July 2025
Bilge Seçkin Çetinkaya
writes
Open letter to Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek
Türkiye, as a signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement, is bound by its commitment to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. The bill’s facilitation of mining, thermal power plants, and aggressive land use policies directly undermines this target.
17 July 2025
Bilge Seçkin Çetinkaya
Hikmet Adal
reports
Turkey enacts law allowing 10 consecutive workdays for tourism workers
The required number of consecutive workdays before a weekly rest in the tourism sector has increased from six to ten. Union leader Gökhan Aslan says the law will lead to "unlimited exploitation."
14 July 2025
Hikmet Adal
Erdoğan signs decree to further increase non-benefit spending from unemployment fund
Labor unions and opposition parties have long criticized the use of te unemployment fund, arguing that the fund’s primary purpose is being compromised by the diversion of resources to employer-oriented subsidies.
14 July 2025
Turkey raises natural gas prices, marking 150% increase in 16 months
Natural gas prices in Turkey continue to rise, bucking the global trend of falling costs.
2 July 2025
Turkey’s unemployment rate at 8.4% in May
Broadly defined unemployment, which includes time-related underemployment, potential labor force, and the unemployed, fell by 1.1 percentage points to 31%.
30 June 2025
TURKSTAT and ENAG inflation figures show twofold discrepancy
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), inflation in May stood at 1.53% monthly and 35.41% annually. Food prices rose by 32.87% year-on-year, while housing expenses jumped by 67.43%. In contrast, the Inflation Research Group (ENAG) reported an annual inflation rate of 71.23%.
3 June 2025
Turkish Statistical Institute: Financial outlook fails to improve, economic confidence declines
According to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), the Consumer Confidence Index remained below the threshold level of 100 points in May, with expectations for the general economic situation continuing to deteriorate.
20 May 2025
'They pay Mourinho millions': Workers at Fenerbahçe president’s oil company escalate wage protests
Tüpraş workers have been protesting since the failure of collective bargaining talks on Apr 21 and are now staging full-day work stoppages.
29 April 2025
Turkey’s labor underutilization reaches pandemic level
Despite a slight decrease in unemployment, labor underutilization continues to rise.
29 April 2025
Onur Hamzaoğlu
writes
Turkey's social security system, private hospitals and the function of the World Bank
In the AKP years, when health service provision in Turkey began to be defined as a new area of accumulation for capital owners, private hospitals became widespread across the country. Their number increased from 271 in 2002 to 565 in 2023 and spread to all provinces.
23 April 2025
Onur Hamzaoğlu
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Turkish statistical authority ordered to disclose inflation basket data
TurkStat has withheld the item-level price data used in inflation calculations for three years, defying a previous court ruling now upheld on appeal.
22 April 2025
Thousands of workers stop work at Turkey’s largest oil refinery
Workers stopped work for two hours at Tüpraş refineries after 13 rounds of collective bargaining negotiations failed to produce an agreement.
21 April 2025
Hospital construction workers occupy entrance of contractor's HQ
Workers accuse the company of withholding wages and stage a week-long protest at the company’s İstanbul office.
21 April 2025
'Even goats are put on auction': Farmers face growing debt crisis, MP warns
Turkey's farmers are struggling under record debt levels, with livestock, tractors, and farmland being seized and auctioned off through enforcement proceedings, says an opposition deputy.
9 April 2025
Government says shopping boycott had no impact
Trade minister has said that credit card spending increased on Apr 2 despite the boycott, asserting that "the public has boycotted the boycotters."
3 April 2025
Turkey’s inflation at 38.1% in March, food prices lead monthly rise
The sharpest price increases were again seen in food and non-alcoholic beverages.
3 April 2025
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Actor, others detained over support for opposition-led boycott
Several actors supporting the boycott campaign have been removed from projects ongoing projects by the state broadcaster TRT.
3 April 2025
Thirty-five Turkish citizens on Forbes list highlight inequality
Turkey’s 35 billionaires hold nearly three times the total wealth of the poorest 50 percent of the population, approximately 42.5 million people.
2 April 2025
İstanbul inflation rises 3.79 percent in March
Wholesale prices rose by 2.30% while the annual rate was over 46%
2 April 2025
Turkey’s opposition launches nationwide no-shopping boycott
The CHP has expanded its boycott campaign from targeting conglomerates with close ties to the government to a one-day, nationwide no-shopping boycott.
2 April 2025
Turkish lira tumbles as İmamoğlu's detention shakes markets
Dollar, euro and gold saw historic highs against the lira.
19 March 2025
Ali Dinç
reports
'A hub of labor violations': İstanbul shipyard workers climb crane protesting unpaid wages
The workers highlight unlawful practices by employers, such as misreporting their wages as minimum wage and falsely classifying dismissed workers as "resigned." They claim the government turns a blidn eye to these violations.
14 March 2025
Ali Dinç
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