Workers cannot celebrate May 1 in Taksim Square, but it is open to police. The square was closed to traffic yesterday for the celebrations at the anniversary of the police […]

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the Minister of Employment and Social Security, Faruk Çelik, to make May Day a public holiday. However, no mention has been made as […]

In Ankara last Thursday, Minister of Labor and Social Security Faruk Çelik had a meeting with labor UNION representatives on the government’s attempt to declare May Day a public holiday. […]

Our preparation for a peaceful May Day demonstration in İstanbul, Taksim Square, is going on. Goverment made a step backward and now they are planing to announce 1st of May […]

The Turkish government is readying to declare May 1, or May Day, a public holiday, meeting decades-old expectations of workers and labor UNIONs.  “We have started the legal proceduret,” Labor […]

“Even in the times of dictators like Hitler or Mussolini, 1 May was a public holiday. We cannot accept that it is still not a holiday or celebrated in Turkey, […]

DİSK chair Süleyman Çelebi has reacted to the recent declaration by the State Minister responsible for the Treasury, Mehmet Şimşek, who dismissed any effect of the global crisis in Turkey. […]

The workers of the Turkish Red Crescent Blood Centre joined Dev-Sağlık İş, (UNION of Progressive Health Workers) an affiliate of DİSK, to get better working and living conditions. There is […]

Representatives of labour organizations from European countries started an international solidarity campaign for May Day being held in Istanbul. Labour organizations made a statement saying “May Day must be recognized […]

Chairman of DISK organized a news statement saying: “No votes from the workers to the government.” Celebi interpreted the results of the local election held in March 29th, laborers and […]