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New regulations trouble Türkiye's informal recycling workers

New regulations trouble Türkiye's informal recycling workers

Türkiye has about 500,000 informal recycling workers who are responsible for around 80 percent of the recycling in the country. The government's attempts to regulate informal waste picking cause some new problems.

7 October 2022 Wouter Massink

Locals attack refugee waste workers, set depots on fire in İstanbul's Ataşehir

Locals attack refugee waste workers, set depots on fire in İstanbul's Ataşehir

After the attack, waste workers gathered at the depots to state that they will struggle against racist attacks.

15 June 2022 Tuğçe Yılmaz

3 waste workers face up to 17 years in prison over their protests

RAIDS ON DEPOTS

3 waste workers face up to 17 years in prison over their protests

The İstanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the three people who were briefly arrested as part of the operations against the waste paper workers in Ümraniye district.

6 December 2021

Arrested in İstanbul, 3 recycling workers released

Arrested in İstanbul, 3 recycling workers released

Taken into custody and arrested as part of the operations against recycling workers in İstanbul, three recycling workers have been released 24 days later.

29 October 2021

Raid on waste and recycling workers in İstanbul’s Sancaktepe

Raid on waste and recycling workers in İstanbul’s Sancaktepe

A raid was carried out against the workers who make a living as waste paper and plastic pickers. Several refugee workers have been detained to be deported on the grounds that “they came to Turkey illegally.”

'State cannot Get Through Collecting this Garbage'

'State cannot Get Through Collecting this Garbage'

Paper collectors face with danger of being fined by ministry, and O.Ö. collecting paper in Cihangir is one of them.

25 January 2016 Nilay Vardar