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Over 240 mine workers in Balıkesir dismissed after being unionized

Over 240 mine workers in Balıkesir dismissed after being unionized

The company has dismissed the workers because the job has ended, which is not the case, according to a union representative.

7 December 2022 Ayça Onuralmış

Court halts the execution of academic Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University

Court halts the execution of academic Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University

The administrative court has ruled that the execution of academic and documentary filmmaker Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University shall be suspended.

‘We will get our due’: Dismissed workers protest in front of business association

‘We will get our due’: Dismissed workers protest in front of business association

The workers of Migros supermarket chains burned the “Building the Future” report of the Turkish Industry and Business Association in protest: “What is allotted to us is a system of slavery. The dismissal of 257 workers in the dead of winter…”

15 February 2022

Boğaziçi University | Secretary General Nedim Malkoç removed from office

Boğaziçi University | Secretary General Nedim Malkoç removed from office

The academics of Boğaziçi University took legal action against the appointment of Malkoç as the Secretary General on July 13, 2021 and the İstanbul 12th Administrative Court gave a decision of stay of execution.

14 February 2022

Migros admits dismissing resisting workers

Migros admits dismissing resisting workers

In a statement, Migros, one of the largest supermarket chains in Turkey, has admitted dismissing 257 workers protesting the 8-percent wage rise: “Our door is open to our colleagues who find these working conditions suitable.”

11 February 2022

Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain

Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain

“The workers demanding their daily bread are now deprived of it as well. We know this force, we know this obtrusiveness. Today, workers all across Turkey are resisting it,” said the Chair of Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union.

10 February 2022

Appointed rector dismisses one more academic from Boğaziçi University

Appointed rector dismisses one more academic from Boğaziçi University

Academic Kaan Öztürk from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering has announced that appointed rector Naci İnci has terminated his course: “The turn to be laid off from Boğaziçi has apparently come to me.”

7 February 2022

Journalist Mehmet Güleş’s application rejected by Constitutional Court

Journalist Mehmet Güleş’s application rejected by Constitutional Court

Güleş was sentenced to 9 years, 4 months in prison over his news and social media posts. The Constitutional Court has concluded that his freedom of expression was not violated by this conviction.

28 January 2022

Appeal against journalist Sedef Kabaş’s arrest rejected by court

Appeal against journalist Sedef Kabaş’s arrest rejected by court

The İstanbul 58th Criminal Court of First Instance has dismissed the appeal against the arrest of journalist Sedef Kabaş by indicating that her arrest is “not without due process of law or against the law.”

26 January 2022

‘Boğaziçi University condemned to the administration of the unelected’

JOINT STATEMENT BY ALUMNI

‘Boğaziçi University condemned to the administration of the unelected’

The Boğaziçi Alumni have lashed out at the dismissal of three elected deans by releasing a statement: “We will not abandon our school, where we witness a projection of Turkey’s current governance crisis, to this lawless, totalitarian mentality.”

21 January 2022

Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers

Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers

Dismissed from the Uğur Textile factory in Urfa, 87 workers allege that their names have been given to the other factories in the province and they are unable to find a job anywhere for this reason.

18 January 2022

Journalist covering Enes Kara’s death removed from office as managing editor

Journalist covering Enes Kara’s death removed from office as managing editor

While newspaper’s Managing Editor Faik Akgün has been removed from office, the news report titled “Unable to withstand religious community’s pressure, he committed suicide” has been removed from the website.

13 January 2022

Erdoğan dismisses two Vice Ministers of Treasury and Finance

PRESIDENTIAL DECISION

Erdoğan dismisses two Vice Ministers of Treasury and Finance

According to a Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, Vice Ministers of Treasury and Finance Şakir Ercan Gül and Mehmet Hamdi Yıldırım have been dismissed; Mahmut Gürcan and Yunus Elitaş have been appointed in their place.

16 December 2021

Supporting fired journalists, Küçükkaya removed from office as Cumhuriyet chief editor

Supporting fired journalists, Küçükkaya removed from office as Cumhuriyet chief editor

Aykut Küçükkaya has been removed from office as the Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper after he expressed support in a protest for eight employees, all members of a union, following their dismissal.

3 December 2021

'It is unacceptable': Union, journalists protest dismissals from daily Cumhuriyet

'It is unacceptable': Union, journalists protest dismissals from daily Cumhuriyet

Ahead of the protest to be held in front of Cumhuriyet’s central office, the newspaper administration called the police; at least 4 police vehicles came in front of the building. The union has called on the ones responsible for recent dismissals to resign.

30 November 2021

'Right of defense restricted': Lawyers file a complaint against Kobanî trial’s court board

'Right of defense restricted': Lawyers file a complaint against Kobanî trial’s court board

Applying to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) and filing a complaint against the court board of the Kobanî trial, lawyers said, “The board is committing misconduct in office; our right of defense has been restricted."

12 November 2021

Cumhuriyet newspaper dismisses seven journalists

Cumhuriyet newspaper dismisses seven journalists

Some of the dismissed journalists said no reason was stated to them while others said the firings were because of economic reasons.

Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran dismissed again

Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran dismissed again

Dismissed by Ankara University, which did not appoint the academic, and reinstated in her position by a court ruling, Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran has been dismissed again by the rector’s office following its appeal to the upper court.

2 September 2021

Petition for dismissed academic: Can Candan should be reinstated

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

Petition for dismissed academic: Can Candan should be reinstated

A petition has been launched for academic and documentary filmmaker Can Candan, who has been dismissed from Boğaziçi University: “We demand that this wrongdoing be amended immediately. We demand that Can Candan be reinstated.”

Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal

PRESSURE, MOBBING, HARASSMENT

Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal

Having protested in front of the Yazaki Factory in Bursa for 43 days after being dismissed from her job “due to her low performance” in June 2017, Dilek Gültekin has won her lawsuit for damages and reinstatement.

13 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Ministry: Discharged teacher has no affiliation with the ‘organization’

Ministry: Discharged teacher has no affiliation with the ‘organization’

While discharged teacher Karataş’s application was rejected by the State of Emergency Commission because “he was affiliated with the organization”, the Ministry of Education says that there are no reports, minutes or documents about this allegation.

10 August 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Boğaziçi Rectorate dismisses Coordinator of Sexual Harassment Prevention Commission

Boğaziçi Rectorate dismisses Coordinator of Sexual Harassment Prevention Commission

Put on unpaid leave by appointed rector Melih Bulu in April 2021, Cemre Baytok, the Office Coordinator of Boğaziçi University’s Commission on Prevention of Sexual Harassment (CİTÖK), has been dismissed.

‘We object to Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University’

LGBTI+ FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS

‘We object to Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University’

In a joint statement, five LGBTI+ family organizations have demanded that academic and documentary filmmaker Can Candan, who has been dismissed by the appointed rector, be reinstated in his job at Boğaziçi University.

Boğaziçi University | Acting rector dismisses academic Can Candan

Boğaziçi University | Acting rector dismisses academic Can Candan

Appointed as the acting rector of Boğaziçi University following the dismissal of Melih Bulu, Naci İnci has dismissed academic Can Candan. İnci has also sent an email from the “Rectorate” account, announcing that he is a candidate for rectorship.

Boğaziçi University’s appointed rector Melih Bulu removed from office

BY ERDOĞAN'S DECREE

Boğaziçi University’s appointed rector Melih Bulu removed from office

Appointed as the rector of Boğaziçi University by a Presidential decree on January 2, Melih Bulu has been dismissed by another Presidential decree. The students and academics of the university have been protesting his appointment for over 6 months.

‘Demirören thought that it could get away with unlawfulness’

JOURNALIST İPEK YEZDANİ

‘Demirören thought that it could get away with unlawfulness’

Amid allegations that Demirören Holding has not paid back 750 million dollars of loan it received from a public bank to buy Doğan Media, we have spoken with journalist İpek Yezdani, who was dismissed from daily Hürriyet over a year after the sale.

8 June 2021 Hikmet Adal

Hadi, Süleyman Özışık dismissed following Soylu’s criminal complaint

SEDAT PEKER VIDEOS

Hadi, Süleyman Özışık dismissed following Soylu’s criminal complaint

After Interior Minister Soylu filed a criminal complaint in the wake of two videos posted by Peker, Hadi Özışık has been dismissed from tv100 and Habertürk as a commentator, while Süleyman Özışık will no longer write for Türkiye newspaper.

Police attack Sinbo workers: Journalists detained as well

Police attack Sinbo workers: Journalists detained as well

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.

Employers dismissed 176,662 people with ‘Code 29’ in 2020

DISMISSAL DESPITE LAYOFF BAN

Employers dismissed 176,662 people with ‘Code 29’ in 2020

Main opposition CHP MP Güzelmansur has announced that last year, a daily average of 491 people were dismissed with ‘Code 29’, a legal way used by employers to dismiss workers despite the layoff ban amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Turkey extends layoff ban for another two months

Turkey extends layoff ban for another two months

With a Presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, the layoff ban on employers has been extended for 2 months.

Discharged from public service, police officer rejected by top court as well

Discharged from public service, police officer rejected by top court as well

The Constitutional Court has concluded the application of a police officer against his discharge from public service. The top court has rejected the application, indicating that it can end in his reinstatement if the file is examined as to the merits.

16 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Sharing confidential information about Gülistan Doku, police officer dismissed

Sharing confidential information about Gülistan Doku, police officer dismissed

As part of an investigation launched by Tunceli Governor’s Office, the file of officer E. Yücel was sent to the Interior Ministry. The Ministry has dismissed the officer from profession for sharing information about Doku, who has been missing since last January.

21 January 2021

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