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'Only a beginning': The first media strike in 13 years ends in BBC journalists’ victory

LABOR RIGHTS IN TURKEY

'Only a beginning': The first media strike in 13 years ends in BBC journalists’ victory

BBC İstanbul Bureau employees have won the first media strike in Turkey in 13 years. The journalists will get a 32-percent wage increase and additional rights.

31 January 2022

BBC journalists continue Turkey's first media strike in 13 years

BBC journalists continue Turkey's first media strike in 13 years

The strike continues amid cold and snow in İstanbul. We have visited the BBC journalists.

26 January 2022 Hikmet Adal

'Journalists strong when united': BBC Turkish goes on strike

A FIRST IN 13 YEARS

'Journalists strong when united': BBC Turkish goes on strike

While the official inflation rate is 36 percent in Turkey, BBC has offered a 20-percent pay rise to its employees in its İstanbul bureau, protests the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS). After 13 years, the first strike has begun in the press sector in Turkey.

14 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

BBC Turkish to go on strike

BBC Turkish to go on strike

As the collective bargaining between the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) and the İstanbul office of the BBC has ended in a deadlock, a decision of strike has been taken. The TGS has hung the decision of strike on the office door of the BBC Turkish.

7 December 2021

Prof. Zehra Sayers First Woman from Turkey on ‘BBC 100 Women List’

Prof. Zehra Sayers First Woman from Turkey on ‘BBC 100 Women List’

Biophysicist Prof. Zehra Sayers, the first scientist from Turkey granted the 2019 Award for Science Diplomacy, has been listed among “BBC 100 Women 2019”. Sayers has become the first woman from Turkey on the list.

18 October 2019

Foreign Minister Advocates Buffer Zone in Syria Despite Risk of War

Foreign Minister Advocates Buffer Zone in Syria Despite Risk of War

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stressed the need to establish a buffer zone to create a safe haven for refugees inside Syrian borders while speaking to the BBC on Friday. Davutoğlu, however, did not respond to a question about the fact that such a move could amount to a declaration of war.

28 September 2012