We are once more addressing all of our people. This government only promises war, death, oppression and cruelty. To say stop is in your hands.

ISIL detonates a bomb in the heart of Ankara, killing over 100 labour and peace activists. But far from shedding light on Turkey’s worst-ever terrorist attack, the ruling AKP is looking to deflect blame and grimly hold onto power.

Strikes, boycotts, marches and demonstrations were held around Turkey on Oct. 12 in protest against the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre that killed 108 people, with funerals of the victims being held one after another.

“As I began to register the cause of the explosion and the plumes of smoke, I braced for another explosion amid the fleeing crowd” says Stefan Martens of DISK/Basın-İş.

DISK received several condolence messages from international trade union organisations and sister unions world wide, including ITUC, PSI and ETUC.

Labour movement called for mourning of 3 days and general strike of 2 days following to Ankara Massacre during “Labour, Peace and Democrasy Rally”

Unexpected, spontaneous waves of strikes in the Turkish automotive industry in main industrial centres crashed the labour relations model of the industry designed by the 1980 military government. Emre Eren Korkmaz wrote an article about strikes.

Wave of strikes is shaking Turkish metal industry. Automobile workers are organizing wild cat strikes and resigning from yellow unions. Companies including, Renault, Ford, FIAT, Case New Holland and many others are affected by this wave of strikes.

In Istanbul’s massive courthouse, five leaders of Turkish movement faced charges for their call to assemble in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on 1 May 2014. Caleb Lauer wrote the hearing and more…

The Turkish Government has issued a Cabinet Decree to postpone the metal industry strike launched by DİSK. The strike covers some 40 workplaces with 15,000 workers in Turkey’s metal industry.