Increasing by 10.13%, the annual Consumer Price Index has reached double-digit for the first time since April 2012.

According to the Cabinet decision, the Treasury handed over its holdings in THY, Borsa İstanbul, Ziraat Bank, Halk Bank, BOTAŞ, PTT, TÜRKSAT, Turkish Petroleum, ETİ Maden, Türk Telecom, and Çaykur to a sovereign wealth fund.

155 men and six women workers, including children and refugees, have were killed in the first month of 2017.

The consumer price index has marked an increase of 2.46%, higher than the expected 1.7% increase for January. Annual inflation of consumer prices has climbed from 8.53% to 9.22%.

Of 56 child workers who lost their lives last year, seven were refugees, according to the Assembly of Worker Health and Occupational Safety.

Workers went on strike today upon disagreement between United Metal-Labor Union and Electromechanics Metal Employer Union over collective labor agreement that involves 2,200 workers.

According to Turkish Statistical Institute, the unemployment rate has risen by 1.3% and reached 11.8% in October 2016. The year on year unemployment has risen by 500,000 and reached 3,647,000.

Increase tendency of the US Dollar and Euro continued today too, Euro passed 4 TL for the first time.

Temporary foreign trade data of 2016 has been announced. Export has become $142.6 billion seeing a decrease of %0.84 and import has become $198.6 billion with a %4.7 fall, according to the data.

Minimum wage has become 1,404 Liras for the year of 2017. The TİSK had demanded “zero raise”, Türk-İş 1,600 Liras and DİSK 2,000 Liras.

Cost of a 50-liter tankage has shown an increase of 15.5 liras in gasoline-powered vehicles and 13.5 liras in diesel-powered vehicle, which has made Turkey Europe’s 12th most expensive country in gasoline.

At least 190 workers have lost their lives in November. Of the killed, eight were women, 182 were men whereas two were children eight were immigrants.

Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions Chair Beko has said Statutory Decrees No. 677-678 may leave sub-contracted workers unemployed, jeopardize their rights and receivables, and they returned ban on strike in public transportation and banking sectors.

A landslide has occurred in the copper mine site in Maden village of Şirvan district of Siirt province. Two mine workers who were trapped in the wreckage have lost their lives. The search and rescue teams are trying to free the other 13 mine worker from the wreckage.

130 workers have gone on strike at Cem Bialetti. Speaking on the first day of the strike, United Metal Labor Union President Adnan Serdaroğlu has said, “They are raising difficulties by making people work for very low salaries”.

No agreement could be reached upon Collective Labor Agreement carried out on behalf of 530 workers between CHP’s Bakırköy Municipality and Municipality-Work Union. The workers have gone on strike.

At least 141 workers have lost their lives, according to a report by Worker Health and Occupational Safety Assembly. At least 1,421 workers lost their lives in the first six months of 2016.

According to the August 2016 Corporate Murders report by the Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 1,250 workers lost their lives in the first eight months of the year.

It is the 32nd day of the resistance of the workers who state that they have been laid off for being union members at Gebze storehouse of Avon cosmetic company. Even though the workers are yet to be hired back, labor conditions are being rehabilitated.

Paypal, a company operating an online payment platform has halt operations in Turkey upon licence being denied by Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency.