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8 March 2017
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
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
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,…
7 February 2017
Following the visit of ETUC and ITUC to Ankara on 12-13 October 2016A joint ITUC and ETUC delegation visited Ankara on 12 and 13 October 2016.Representing the International and European trade union movement, our aim was…
18 January 2017
To the Press,First of all, we would like to thank you for joining us today. You, as the representatives of free media, are struggling for freedom of thought and expression in a determined way although the political power…
5 November 2016
AKP ruling who wants to suppress opposition and reduce all dissentients to a silence uses the emergency laws and the State of Emergency as a tool.All dismissals and suspensions from public enterprises are still continuin…
5 November 2016
Since the peace and negotiation process with the Kurds was put to an end by the Turkish Government, we have been going through a period in which law and democracy are put aside and undemocratic actions have achieved a pe…
14 October 2016
Representing the International and European trade union movement, our aim was to stand in solidarity with the people of Turkey and the Turkish trade unions after the failed coup, and also to discuss recent evolutions in…
1 September 2016
Among others, 15 July coup attempt was against democratic acquisitions achieved by the oppressed and workers who have paid the price for democratic gains for decades. It is clear from the confessions and documents took p…
25 July 2016
The coup that nobody claims, but is being used by Erdogan to jeopardize fundamental rightsThe CGTP-IN conveys its solidarity to the Turkish workers and people, at a moment when their individual and collective rights are…
20 July 2016
The European Trade Union Confederation strongly condemns the attempted coup in Turkey on Friday 15 July, and opposes all efforts to overthrow democracy by military force. Nonetheless, it also condemns the drastic purge b…
29 June 2016
The ITUC has condemned yesterday’s attack at Istanbul Airport, which has taken the lives of 41 people and injured at least 140 more.ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said: “The international trade union movement is de…