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Textile worker throws phone at President Erdoğan, faces 4 years and 2 months in jail

Textile worker throws phone at President Erdoğan, faces 4 years and 2 months in jail

While President Erdoğan was speaking at a hospital opening, textile worker N. K. was arrested for displaying a banner reading “AK Party is the cause, inflation is the result” and throwing his phone toward the platform, on charges of “physical assault on the President.” After 171 days in detention, he was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison and released under judicial supervision.

10 October 2025

Özak Tekstil workers detained

Özak Tekstil workers detained

The workers who moved their protests from Özak Holding in Zeytinburnu to the front of Özak Textile factory in İkitelli after the ban imposed by the Zeytinburnu District Governorate were detained, this time due to the ban issued by the Başakşehir District Governorate.

9 February 2024

Women in solidarity action call on Barutçu Tekstil boss: Reinstate laid-off workers

Women in solidarity action call on Barutçu Tekstil boss: Reinstate laid-off workers

Women workers were laid off in Barutçu Tekstil in Bursa after they joined a trade union. Feminist Rebellion Against Poverty and the women's committee of the union visited the women who are on day 111 of their sit-in in front of the factory.

3 February 2023

'Nearly half of textile workers paid below minimum wage'

'Nearly half of textile workers paid below minimum wage'

A new study examines the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on textile workers.

‘We Work on the Same Belt, It is Impossible to Keep a Distance More Than Half a Meter’

TEXTILE WORKER TÜRKAN

‘We Work on the Same Belt, It is Impossible to Keep a Distance More Than Half a Meter’

Working in textile for 15 years, Türkan is one of those who cannot stay home: “It is like we, workers, would save the country from the outbreak. It is as if the country would collapse, if they halted constructions and textile for three months…”

17 April 2020 Ruken Tuncel