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8 June 2018
04.06.2018, AnkaraKESK’s views on the Application of the ILO Convention No. 135 in Turkey in the period of 2016-2017 Although legal amendments were made in the legislation there are still problems in regard to the applic…
7 June 2018
Shrinking democratic space for working people and unchecked corporate greed are on the rise according to the annual ITUC Global Rights Index. The number of countries with arbitrary arrests and detention of workers increa…
5 April 2018
Click here to read the latest figures of dismissed and suspended KESK members
6 February 2018
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 .
28 November 2017
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…
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
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…
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…