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Broad unemployment in Turkey: 9.7 million people

DİSK-AR

Broad unemployment in Turkey: 9.7 million people

Shortly after the state agency TurkStat announced the labor force statistics for May 2021, the Research Center of the DİSK confederation has shared its own figures: Women’s broad unemployment rate is 33.7 percent, youth unemployment is 42.4 percent.

Report: 255 violations of right to life in Turkey in May

CHP MP TANRIKULU

Report: 255 violations of right to life in Turkey in May

Main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has released his “May 2021 Rights Violations Report”, which shows that the previous month saw 255 violations of right to life and 306 rights violations during incidents of torture.

At least 232 workers lose their lives in May

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At least 232 workers lose their lives in May

The monthly report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch has shown that 232 workers lost their lives in May 2021; while 20 of the deceased were women and 212 were men, three children also lost their lives. 52 percent of the deaths were caused by COVID-19.

Turkey’s annual inflation according to TurkStat: 16.59 percent

MAY 2021

Turkey’s annual inflation according to TurkStat: 16.59 percent

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the Consumer Price Index for May 2021. It has increased by 16.59 percent annually and 0.89 percent monthly.

Men kill 18 women in May

MALE VIOLENCE MONITORING REPORT

Men kill 18 women in May

Men killed at least 18 women, inflicted violence on at least 67 women, killed at least one child, abused at least 16 girls and boys, harassed at least 13 women and forced at least 55 women to sex work in May 2021.

3 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

According to the report of Civil Society in the Penal System Association, the food offered to prisoners is cold and of poor quality, it is not hygienic or filling, meat is replaced by rice and pasta, the number and weight of bread in grams have been reduced.

‘Newspapers targeted by Interior Minister Soylu’

CHP’S ÇAKIRÖZER

‘Newspapers targeted by Interior Minister Soylu’

The monthly press freedom report of main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer is marked by the obstructions faced by journalists during news follow up and the targeting remarks of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu in May.

Starvation line tops minimum wage in Turkey

Starvation line tops minimum wage in Turkey

The Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions has calculated the poverty and starvation lines in Turkey in May 2021. According to the confederation, the starvation line of a four-member family is 2,830 lira, while the minimum wage is 2,825 lira in the country.