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Fired after protesting for better wages, Migros workers detained in front of boss's house

Fired after protesting for better wages, Migros workers detained in front of boss's house

The grocery chain fired 257 warehouse workers who demanded better wages. The workers have staged several demonstrations in front of businessperson Tuncay Özilhan's villa in İstanbul.

18 February 2022

Police intervention against lawyers’ protests for Aysel Tuğluk in Ankara, Mersin

Police intervention against lawyers’ protests for Aysel Tuğluk in Ankara, Mersin

Women lawyers have been protesting in the provinces of Ankara, Adana, Mersin, İzmir, Van and Hakkari and demanding that jailed Kurdish politician, lawyer and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk be released. Police intervened in Ankara and Mersin.

18 February 2022

‘We don’t accept that bar associations stay silent about Aysel Tuğluk’

WOMEN LAWYERS

‘We don’t accept that bar associations stay silent about Aysel Tuğluk’

Women lawyers have gathered in front of the İstanbul Bar Association and made a press statement about ill prisoners in the person of Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, who is diagnosed with dementia and still held behind bars.

18 February 2022

'Persona non grata’: Appointment of Yusuf Yerkel protested in Frankfurt

'Persona non grata’: Appointment of Yusuf Yerkel protested in Frankfurt

Gathering across Turkey’s Consulate General, rights advocates from Turkey and Germany protested the appointment of Yusuf Yerkel, who faces a huge public backlash for kicking a miner in Soma in 2014, as a commercial attache to Frankfurt.

17 February 2022

335 citizens express support for Migros warehouse workers' resistance

335 citizens express support for Migros warehouse workers' resistance

335 writers, scientists, academics, politicians, deputies, journalists, representatives from democratic organizations and activists say, “We stand by the resisting Migros workers”, 257 of whom have been dismissed during their protests.

15 February 2022

Protesting delivery workers reiterate demand for pay rise, complain about mobbing

PROTESTING FOR 15 DAYS

Protesting delivery workers reiterate demand for pay rise, complain about mobbing

The delivery workers of YemekSepeti, the largest online food delivery company of Turkey, gathered in front of the company’s central office in İstanbul, announcing that they are subjected to mobbing for joining the protests.

15 February 2022

‘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

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

'Djemevis’ decision to not pay electricity bills is a legitimate, rightful protest'

HDP'S GÜNAY

'Djemevis’ decision to not pay electricity bills is a legitimate, rightful protest'

Some djemevis, where Alevi community worship, have announced that they will not pay their electricity bills in protest. As djemevis are not officially recognized as places of worship in Turkey, they are not exempted from this payment.

11 February 2022

‘Does Ministry of Labor make any attempts to learn from workers what they want?’

HDP TO MINISTER

‘Does Ministry of Labor make any attempts to learn from workers what they want?’

HDP Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları has addressed a Parliamentary question to Minister of Labor and Social Security Bilgin regarding the workers’ protests ongoing across Turkey for the past month.

10 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

Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers

STRIKE ACTION

Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers

Halting work for better working conditions, over 150 workers of the Migros Depo, the warehouse of Migros supermarket chain, and three union executives were briefly detained while they were waiting in the warehouse in İstanbul’s Esenyurt.

9 February 2022

Women call for protest in İstanbul for their right to alimony

Women call for protest in İstanbul for their right to alimony

Ahead of a legal amendment poised to introduce a time limit to the right to alimony, women call for a protest demonstration in Kadıköy on February 12: “We continue raising our voices against those who try to restrict our rights, lives and freedom.”

8 February 2022

Protests against increasing electricity prices: 41 people released from detention

MARDİN

Protests against increasing electricity prices: 41 people released from detention

41 people were taken into custody in Kızıltepe district in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin for “violating the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations”, “praising the crime and criminal” and “damage to property”.

8 February 2022

‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin

‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin

Thousands of people took to the streets in Mardin’s Kızıltepe and protested the price hikes. Police intervened against the protesters with pepper gas and pressurized water.

7 February 2022

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

On a “white watch” since January 26, physicians protested in front of the Parliament. Turkish Medical Association Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı asked why the legislative proposal foreseeing better employee personal rights for health workers was withdrawn.

4 February 2022

Academics reiterate determination in the face of elected deans’ dismissal

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

Academics reiterate determination in the face of elected deans’ dismissal

Academics of Boğaziçi University say, “Neither our dismissed deans nor we know why they have been removed from office. Neither the appointed rector, who announced the dismissal of deans, nor the YÖK, which dismissed them, made a statement.”

26 January 2022

‘You report 600-percent growth, what do you mean by 11-percent pay rise for workers?’

TRENDYOL DELIVERY WORKERS

‘You report 600-percent growth, what do you mean by 11-percent pay rise for workers?’

The delivery workers of Trendyol, one of the largest e-commerce companies in Turkey, gathered in İstanbul’s Maltepe and Yenikapı and expressed their demands, including a 50-percent pay rise and not dismissing the workers seeking their rights.

26 January 2022

Retired miners protest in Turkey: ‘I avoid my children because I don’t have money’

Retired miners protest in Turkey: ‘I avoid my children because I don’t have money’

Retired miners protested in Manisa’s Soma: “My pension was higher than the minimum wage by 304 liras. It is now lower than the minimum wage by 600 liras. Should I believe in the justice or injustice of this government?”

10 January 2022

Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'

Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'

In a statement for the press, physicians have demanded that the legal amendment foreseeing improvements in the salaries and employee personal rights of physicians be brought into the Parliamentary agenda immediately.

Call for international solidarity with Boğaziçi resistance

Call for international solidarity with Boğaziçi resistance

On the first anniversary of the protests against appointed rectors, the Boğaziçi University International Community calls for solidarity: "Boğaziçi has been unyielding in its resistance and calls for international solidarity in its endeavour for academic freedom."

'Figures are a lie, poverty is real': Union members protest TurkStat after inflation announcement

'Figures are a lie, poverty is real': Union members protest TurkStat after inflation announcement

The lowest civil servant salary should be above the poverty line for a family of four, according to the KESK.

Union protests violence against reporter Ahmet Demir on live broadcast

Union protests violence against reporter Ahmet Demir on live broadcast

The DİSK Press Union protested Muharrem Sarıkaya’s physical violence against reporter Ahmet Demir in front of the Habertürk media outlet’s building in İstanbul. “The slap in the face of laborers cannot be forgiven,” said union chair Faruk Eren.

21 December 2021

Public employees protest, call on government to resign: ‘We cannot make a living'

Public employees protest, call on government to resign: ‘We cannot make a living'

The rally held by the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) in Ankara and İstanbul was attended by thousands of workers. KESK Co-Chair Bozgeyik has raised concerns that people are getting poorer in Turkey everyday.

20 December 2021

Boğaziçi University students indicted, face prison sentence over their protests

PROTESTS AGAINST APPOINTED RECTOR

Boğaziçi University students indicted, face prison sentence over their protests

14 students of Boğaziçi University have been cited as suspects in the indictment issued by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office over their protests against Naci İnci, the appointed rector of the university.

13 December 2021

Police intervention against housing protests: 90 students released from detention

Police intervention against housing protests: 90 students released from detention

The police did not allow the ones who wanted to come to Ankara to protest for affordable housing, battering and detaining the students at the entrance to the city. Taken into custody by the police, 90 students have been released.

13 December 2021

Health workers on strike: 'Healthcare is teamwork, improve everyone's wages'

Health workers on strike: 'Healthcare is teamwork, improve everyone's wages'

Several healthcare workers went on a one-day strike in several provinces across Turkey on December 6, demanding that the improvements in payments be the case for all healthcare workers as healthcare is a teamwork.

7 December 2021

Unions to protest for minimum wage: 'Enough is enough, İstanbul speaks up'

Unions to protest for minimum wage: 'Enough is enough, İstanbul speaks up'

The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has decided to hold a rally where the demands of the working class and laborers are widely expressed. The rally will take place in İstanbul on December 12, 2021.

6 December 2021

‘We cannot make ends meet’: Public employees to hold rallies in 4 cities of Turkey

‘We cannot make ends meet’: Public employees to hold rallies in 4 cities of Turkey

With the slogan “We cannot make ends meet”, the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) will hold a rally in Diyarbakır and İzmir on December 8 and in İstanbul and Ankara on December 19.

2 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

Protests ahead of minimum wage negotiations: ‘Don’t let it be a wage of misery’

Protests ahead of minimum wage negotiations: ‘Don’t let it be a wage of misery’

The executives and members of the Progressive Land, Air and Railway Workers Union (Nakliyat-İş) organized a protest in İstanbul’s Taksim and demanded that the minimum wage be increased from 2,825 lira to 6,800 lira (~540 USD).

29 November 2021

Police intervene against ‘We cannot make a living’ protest in Ankara

Police intervene against ‘We cannot make a living’ protest in Ankara

The police attacked the group who wanted to protest the economic crisis in Turkey and to call on the government to resign. Several people, including JinNews reporter Öznur Değer, were taken into custody.

29 November 2021

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