5 April 2018
KESK- DISMISSALS (As of 12 January 2018)
Click here to read the latest figures of dismissed and suspended KESK members
Reports
Featured
Featured posts
2 February 2018
Turkey: ITUC Denounces Arrests of Medical Association Members
The ITUC has denounced the arrest by the Turkish authorities of several members of the country’s Medical Association on the grounds that they criticised Turkish military operations in neighbouring Afrin province in Syria…
28 November 2017
State Of Emergency Targets Women Public Officers!
STATE OF EMERGENCY TARGETS WOMEN PUBLIC OFFICERS!AKP Governments has policies that target women public officers. These repressive policies rapidly increase since the military coup attempt on 15 July 2016. Women public of…
3 October 2017
ITUC and ETUC Criticise European Employers over ILO Regional Meeting in Turkey
The ITUC and ETUC have strongly criticised European employer federations for blocking the circulation of an open letter from the two trade union organisations to government and employer delegates attending the 10th ILO R…
27 September 2017
An open letter to Delegates at the 10th ILO European Regional Meeting
We are disappointed that the ILO, an institution dedicated to rights founded on freedom of association, would hold a conference in a state where workers are subjected to the most serious human and labour rights violation…
22 May 2017
Joint ETUC-ITUC-Letter to Prime Minister and Labour Minister
ETUC and ITUC send a letter to the Prime Minister and Labour Minister of Turkey. The letter expresses the two confederations’ concerns about trade union rights and freedoms in the country.
8 May 2017
Joint Statement of ITUC and ETUC TURK-IS, HAK-IS, DISK and KESK
A joint ITUC and ETUC enlarged delegation visited Ankara between 3 and 5 May 2017.See the full statement.
13 April 2017
Ahead of referendum, UN experts warn Turkey about impact of purge on economic, social and cultural rights
GENEVA (13 April 2017) – Turkey’s state of emergency has been used as a justification to undertake massive violations of the right to education and the right to work and to plunge many civil servants into poverty, accord…
1 April 2017
WORKSHOP ON THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, DECREES HAVING THE FORCE OF LAW and DISMISSALS
KESK organises an international workshop to discuss various aspects of the dismissals. Trade Union leaders, academics, lawyers will discuss the state of emergency and dismissals.The full programme below is as follows:WOR…
8 March 2017
Memorandum on the evolutions of the situation regarding human and trade union rights in Turkey after the installment of the state of emergency
Dear President, Dear CommissionersThe ETUC has, in the last 7 months, several times expressed its deepest concerns, directly with you, or indirectly, about the most recent developments taking place in Turkey. It is my pl…
7 February 2017
European trade unions set out workers' concerns
The European Commission this week proposed a “Services Package” of measures aimed at “making it easier” to provide services across Europe.European trade unions note that the Services Package shows improvements, but does…
7 February 2017
22 KESK trade unionists released from prison in Turkey: a "temporary victory" for trade unions
Brussels, 24/11/2009For the most part they are members of the Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KESK) and members of its teachers’ union Eğitim-Sen. Many of them hold important posts within their trade union,…