content tagged with working conditions

‘Poor working conditions, usurpation of rights lead to brain drain in Turkey’

APRIL 7 WORLD HEALTH DAY

‘Poor working conditions, usurpation of rights lead to brain drain in Turkey’

The Health Services Union has released a statement ahead of World Health Day, raising concerns over a possible shortage of healthcare workers, especially amid the emigration of professionals due to bad working conditions and losses of rights.

'Health workers pay the price for Turkey’s collapsing healthcare system’

MEDICAL CHAMBERS

'Health workers pay the price for Turkey’s collapsing healthcare system’

Protesting in several provinces including İstanbul, Diyarbakır and Balıkesir, medical chambers said, “We are paying the price for the healthcare system which has collapsed. We don’t want to pay any more prices.”

12 November 2021

Parliamentary questions on assistant physicians’ work conditions left unanswered

Parliamentary questions on assistant physicians’ work conditions left unanswered

Five different Parliamentary questions addressed to Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca about the working conditions of assistant physicians have been left unanswered.

26 October 2021

Assistant physician dies in a car crash: ‘36-hour shift kills’

PHYSICIANS TO PROTEST

Assistant physician dies in a car crash: ‘36-hour shift kills’

Rümeysa Şen, a fresh graduate of medical school and an assistant physician, crashed into a parked lorry on her way back from a 36-hour shift at a public hospital in Ankara. Physicians will protest to demand better working conditions.

25 October 2021

Violations of rights faced by Kurdish artists in Turkey stem from discrimination

İSMAİL BEŞİKCİ FOUNDATION

Violations of rights faced by Kurdish artists in Turkey stem from discrimination

According to a study carried out by the İsmail Beşikci Foundation, the approaches that still see Kurdish as a security issue and prevent it with arbitrary bans lead to discrimination, self-censorship and difficulties in making ends meet.

‘We are burning out, take necessary measures’

PHYSICIANS & PSYCHIATRISTS

‘We are burning out, take necessary measures’

In a joint statement for the press amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and Psychiatric Association of Turkey (PAT) have underlined that “when healthcare workers burn out, they are irreplaceable.”

19 October 2020

‘Health workers are exhausted, resignations have increased’

COVID-19 IN ANTEP & BATMAN

‘Health workers are exhausted, resignations have increased’

While Antep Medical Chamber Chair Ateş says that at least 10 physicians have resigned from each public hospital, Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) Batman Chair Topkan notes that 15 nurses have requested their retirement.

20 August 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Union raises concerns over adverse conditions in the wake of a health worker's suicide

Union raises concerns over adverse conditions in the wake of a health worker's suicide

In a statement about the nurse who took her life, Tekin from the Diyarbakır Branch of SES Union has said that there was no nursery where the nurse could leave her child 24/7 and her husband, also a nurse, was in isolation due to COVID-19.

‘Rate of Covid-19 Cases Among DİSK Members 3.2 Times Higher Than Turkey Average’

COVID-19 REPORT BY DISK CONFEDERATION

‘Rate of Covid-19 Cases Among DİSK Members 3.2 Times Higher Than Turkey Average’

In its third report on the effects of the pandemic on its members, the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has shared information about the rate of Covid-19 cases among workers and conditions in workplaces.

‘No Social Distance in Workplaces, Difficult to Access Disinfectants and Masks’

CONFEDERATION OF PUBLIC WORKERS’ UNIONS

‘No Social Distance in Workplaces, Difficult to Access Disinfectants and Masks’

In a recent report, the Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions (KESK) has noted that especially the personnel of Family Health Centers are at high risk and urged the authorities to halt work except for the fields that are absolutely necessary.

Following 3 Doctor Suicides, Dr. Özyurt Points to Working Conditions in Healthcare

Following 3 Doctor Suicides, Dr. Özyurt Points to Working Conditions in Healthcare

Regarding working conditions in healthcare that have become a topic of discussion following the suicide of three physicians, Dr. Özyurt who works on job satisfaction and burnout of healthcare workers states that the suicides are related to burnouts caused by working conditions.

3 November 2017 Tansu Pişkin

At Least 878 Workers Die in 2012, Report Says

At Least 878 Workers Die in 2012, Report Says

At least 76 workers were reported to have died at work in December 2012 while the total number of worker casualties reached 878 in the entire year, according to a work safety organization report.

Difficult Working Conditions for Turkish Journalists

TESEV MEDIA REPORT

Difficult Working Conditions for Turkish Journalists

In its section on working conditions of journalists, the media report of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation revealed problems like low salaries, lack of unionization, male dominance and informal employment.