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8 August 2025
The Israeli government’s blocking of basic humanitarian needs in Gaza, which has been suffering from genocide for almost two years, is causing more and more people to lose their lives with every day. The Security Cabinet…
11 July 2025
Over the past 40 years of the Kurdish issue, we have experienced a period of conflict that has caused unprecedented suffering. The Kurdish issue is a result of the policies of denial and destruction in the Middle East an…
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…
1 June 2024
This week the leaders of seven Global Union Federations (GUFs) and the International Trade Union Confederation travelled to Ramallah to convey their solidarity to unions in the West Bank and Gaza. These organisations rep…
15 May 2024
The World Gold Council and the Gold Miners Association of Turkey are bringing together local and international gold mining companies at the “Responsible Gold Mining Conference” on Thursday, May 16, at the Sheraton Hotel…
18 April 2024
Executive committee members of our health & care union SES appeared at court today. The court decided to lift the house arrest of Gonul Erden. She will be able to move within the city of her residence. Furthermore, the c…
13 February 2024
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Regional Director for Europe and Central, Ms Asia Beate Andrees, and ILO Office Director for Türkiye Yasser Ahmed Hassan visited our confederation, KESK, and congratulated the newl…
30 January 2024
With the participation of 500 delegates from all over the country, the KESK Congress discussed various issues related to quality public services for all, the working conditions of public employees, labour rights, peace,…