In an international comparison of gender equality Turkey ranks on place no. 126 among a total of 134 countries. This ranking was published by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The […]

The “7th Istanbul Meeting for Freedom of Thought” was held at the Bilgi University Dolapdere campus on Istanbul’s European side on Saturday and Sunday (9/10 October). Following the opening speeches, […]

The 7 October events include some 50 activities across Japan; marches, conferences and youth meetings in several African countries; and meetings and mobilisations throughout Russia and Ukraine. A series of […]

I have just returned from a 3-day visit to Ankara, where I was the keynote speaker at the LaborComm 2010 conference. The conference coincided with the international labour film festival […]

Trade UNION delegation from Austria and Hungary who was hosted by DISK in İstanbul, visited dismissed UPS workers on the occasion of WDDW. UPS workers, welcomed the representatives from Austrian […]

Tobacco workers from all around Turkey have been protesting in Ankara against their government for 47 consecutive days. The government decided to close down all the warehouses owned by Tekel, […]

The ITUC, together with Belgian affiliates and EI and ETUC, met with the Turkish ambassador in Brussels on Friday, 26 February, on the occasion of an international Day of Action. […]

GENERAL STRIKE ON 4 FEBRUARY: Millions of People Stop Work for Tekel Workers Turkish Confederation of Labour UNIONs (Türk-İş) President Mustafa Kumlu reckoned the general strike on Thursday (4 February) […]

Dear Colluague, I am writing this letter to give you UPDATEs about TEKEL workers demonstrations and inform you that we support the workers who are struggling for R16;job security’. As […]

Trade UNION leader accuses the government of not being interested in improving the conditions of the workers’ livelihood but was more interested in causing the expense of workmanship to fall. […]