Discover the latest statements, reports and activities from the KESK confederation.
17 June 2025
KESK Co-president, Ayfer Kocak, and International Relations Coordinator, Dr. Osman Isci, attended the UNISON Annual Delegate Conference in Liverpool. Kocak addressed the UNISON delegates at two events during the Conferen…
26 March 2025
Ismet Aslan, together with two other unionists -Giyasettin Yigit and Yusuf Eminoglu-, was released from prison after six months. Ismet Aslan appeared at the 22nd Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul today, 26th March. He was ar…
23 March 2025
Silencing an elected figure, Mr Ekrem Imamoglu, through unlawful practices is political rather than legal. Arresting Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is an attack on an individual rather than people’s will and democracy.…
20 March 2025
Following the detention order issued against 105 people, including Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Mr Ekrem İmamoğlu, CHP mayors and bureaucrats, our executive committee members participated in solidarity actions in Istanbul…
27 January 2025
There are about 140.000 public employees dismissed from public services for life through the Emergency Decree Laws issued during the State of Emergency (2016-2018) period. As known, the SoE was declared after the Coup At…
1 September 2024
Two separate ‘Peace Days’ are only twenty days apart in different world geographies. Two separate demands for peace are precisely a bipolar life itself. As Brecht said, these polarisations and wars are the work of the so…