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Educators Union Encourage Battle Against Censorship

Educators Union Encourage Battle Against Censorship

Ünsal Yıldız, chairperson of Turkey's prominent educators union, said that they were encouraging their teacher members to keep "state-censored" classic literature pieces in their curriculum with the original version.

8 March 2013 Elif Akgül

Court Acquits Cartoonist Accused of Defaming Religion

Court Acquits Cartoonist Accused of Defaming Religion

A court in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak ruled to acquit Ayhan Kiraz yesterday, clearing him of charges pertaining to a cartoon he had drawn in response to a spat between the Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim-Sen) and the religious establishment in the district of Çaycuma.

27 September 2012 Ekin Karaca

Statement on "Religious Generation" was Inevitable

EĞİTİM SEN

Statement on "Religious Generation" was Inevitable

In a press conference about PM Erdoğan's saying "We want to raise a religious generation", the Eğitim-Sen educational union Istanbul Branches said that in the light of recent education projects the prime minister's statement was inevitable.

13 February 2012 Serhat Korkmaz

Working Conditions for Teachers Need urgent Improvement

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE WORKERS UNION:

Working Conditions for Teachers Need urgent Improvement

Eğitim-Sen drew attention to constantly worsening working conditions of teachers in Turkey on the national Teachers' Day on 24 November. Arbitrary appointments, low salaries and an extensive workload were criticized as the reasons for a low quality education.

25 November 2011

Crackdown on Human Rights Association and Unions

Crackdown on Human Rights Association and Unions

Members and executives of the Human Rights Association, the education union and the social service sector union were taken into custody in Urfa on 27 September. Private homes and the branch head offices were searched.

28 September 2011 Ekin Karaca

Annual Military Expenditures in Turkey: 15. 3 Billion Dollar

Annual Military Expenditures in Turkey: 15. 3 Billion Dollar

12 April is the Global Day of Action on Military Spending. Eğitim-Sen President Kılıç underlined a steady increase in military expenditures in Turkey and claimed, "We want financial recourses for education, not for the military".

3 out of 4 Teachers Point out Violence at School

"2010- 2011 STATUS REPORT ON EDUCATION"

3 out of 4 Teachers Point out Violence at School

The "Status Report on Education" by the education union Eğitim-Sen reveals that three thirds of all educational staff evaluate violence as a problem at school to various extends. Insult and humiliation of students is a common problem at all schools.

21 September 2010 Semra Pelek

School Boycott for Education in Mother Tongue

KURDISH LANGUAGE

School Boycott for Education in Mother Tongue

The education union Eğitim-Sen and pro-Kurdish organizations called for a one-week school boycott in the Kurdish-majority South-East to claim the right to education in their mother tongue. President Gül criticized the boycott as the "enlisting of children for a political cause".

21 September 2010 Semra Pelek

Socially Disadvantaged Students Became Victims of Abuse

Socially Disadvantaged Students Became Victims of Abuse

Primary school students in Siirt were abused and raped by school staff throughout the last two years. The Teachers' Union Eğitim-Sen said that everybody who helped to conceal this crime against humanity bears a joint guilt.

23 April 2010 Burçin Belge

ECHR: Turkey Guilty of Disregarding Union's Rights

RIGHT TO BE ORGANIZED

ECHR: Turkey Guilty of Disregarding Union's Rights

The ECHR decided in favor of Eğitim-Sen union members Kaya and Seyhan. The union members applied to the ECHR after they had encountered administrative and judicial pressure because of their participation in a one day strike.

17 September 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Eğitim-Sen Addresses the Ministry of Education for Better Education

2009-2010 ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINS

Eğitim-Sen Addresses the Ministry of Education for Better Education

President Kılıç warned that the academic year 2009-2010 will start with problems. He urged the Ministry of Education to take immediate and radical measures.

7 September 2009 Bawer Çakır

14 KESK Trade Unionists Arrested

Operation against KESK

14 KESK Trade Unionists Arrested

Of the 28 trade unionists detained, 14 have been arrested. The other 14 have been released pending trial.

35 KESK Trade Unionists in Police Custody

Operation against KESK

35 KESK Trade Unionists in Police Custody

Operations in five provinces have led to the detention of 35 trade unionists.

28 May 2009 Bawer Çakır

Mugla University Needs Democracy Lessons

Trade union Egitim-Sen has pointed to the dismissal of two lecturers as the culmination of rights violations at Mugla University. Other lecturers involved in democratic movements have also been punished.

23 August 2007 Gökçe Gündüç

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