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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…
30 June 2023
This year marks the 10th edition of the Global Rights Index, and the 2023 results provide a sobering confirmation of its founding purpose. Across both high-income and low income countries, as workers have felt the full f…
28 June 2022
Key measures of abuse of workers’ rights have reached record highs, according to the 2022 edition of the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) flagship Global Rights Index.This ninth edition of the Index (also…
30 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated jobs, communities and lives. Governments and employers have exploited the pandemic to dismiss workers who exposed vital information about the spread of the virus in workplaces; violat…
15 February 2021
ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) launched its 2021 Report on the application of international standards. You can read the Turkey section, click here.
21 February 2020
The 2020 report of the ILO Committee of Experts and Recommendations has been released. To read the full report click here.The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendationsis an independent bo…
10 December 2019
To read KESK’s opinion on the situation of the current trade union rights and freedoms in Turkey, please click KESK’s_opinions_on_current_trade_union_situation.
14 October 2019
The ITUC World Congress in Copenhagen gave us an ambitious mandate with four pillars to frame our strategic plans to 2022. Organising to build workers’ power is fundamental to our success, and with a ten per cent members…
14 October 2019
Democratic rights and freedoms, wages and social protection remain under attack in the majority of countries around the world, and the conditions for peace and equality are absent. The ITUC’s Global Rights Index depicts…
14 October 2019
In many parts of the world, unions are on the front lines of conflict and struggles for democratic rights and freedoms. Over the last year, we have seen the foundations of workplace democracy come under sustained attack a…
8 February 2019
The Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, whose work constitutes the cornerstone of the ILO’s supervisory system on international labour standards, has published its annual report on 8 February…
8 February 2019
The Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, whose work constitutes the cornerstone of the ILO’s supervisory system on international labour standards, has just published its annual report .Interna…