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Arrested in İstanbul, 3 recycling workers released
Taken into custody and arrested as part of the operations against recycling workers in İstanbul, three recycling workers have been released 24 days later.
29 October 2021
Physicians urge the authorities to recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease
The Turkish Medical Association and medical chambers from different cities have underlined that 484 health workers have so far died of COVID-19, calling on the authorities to recognize it as an occupational disease as soon as possible.
28 October 2021
Poverty line exceeds 10,000 lira in October
Since the start of the year, the starvation line has increased by 442 lira and the poverty line has increased by 1,437 lira, according to Türk-İş.
27 October 2021
Detained during assistant physicians’ protest in Van, Yaviç and Çiçek released
Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber Chair Hüseyin Yaviç and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV-HRFT) Representative Sevim Çiçek were taken into custody when they wanted to make a press statement about the death of Dr. Şen.
26 October 2021
Assistant physician dies in a car crash: ‘36-hour shift kills’
Rümeysa Şen, a fresh graduate of medical school and an assistant physician, crashed into a parked lorry on her way back from a 36-hour shift at a public hospital in Ankara. Physicians will protest to demand better working conditions.
25 October 2021
Finance watchdog FATF 'grey lists' Turkey, Turkey denounces the decision
The Financial Action Task Force has downgraded Turkey to the grey list due to its shortcomings in preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance has criticized the decision in a statement.
22 October 2021
Turkey cuts interest rate by 200 basis points, dollar jumps against lira
The exchange rate of the US dollar rose to 9.48, a new all-time high, against the lira after the Central Bank's decision.
21 October 2021
After 1,280 days of resistance, union gets authorization at Cargill factory
The workers had started protesting for their union rights after the company fired 14 people in 2018.
20 October 2021
300 textile workers fired for being unionized to be reinstated after settlement
The workers will be reinstated at the end of October, a union representative has said.
14 October 2021
Lira hits record low as Erdoğan sacks two Central Bank deputy governors
The dismissals came after the president's meeting with the Central Bank governor. The US dollar hit an all-time high against the Turkish lira.
14 October 2021
Mitsuba recognizes union after workers lock themselves in factory
In protest of the firings of 10 union workers, 130 workers locked themselves in the factory. The company has accepted to start negotiations for a collective agreement.
13 October 2021
Explosion at a chemical plant claims one worker’s life in Bursa
In an explosion that occurred in a chemical factory in Bursa province, one worker has died and six workers have been wounded. Affected by the gas, 15-20 workers have been receiving first aid at the scene of the incident.
12 October 2021
Workers lock themselves in factory: 120 workers resist
After nine workers who became members of a labor union were dismissed from the Mitsuba factory in Kocaeli, 120 workers have locked themselves in the factory for their union rights.
12 October 2021
Agricultural workers’ child found dead in a puddle
Having moved from Urfa to Çorum as seasonal agricultural workers, Kubacık family’s 13-year-old son Ali Kubacık has been found dead in a puddle during the search and rescue operations that started after the family had reported him missing.
11 October 2021
İstanbul prevents waste collectors as companies enter business
"We wanted to meet the governor about this. He didn't want to meet us. The governor should make a decision. Will he be our governor or the governor of the companies? The governor should be the governor fo the poor of this country," says a worker.
7 October 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Raid on waste and recycling workers in İstanbul’s Sancaktepe
A raid was carried out against the workers who make a living as waste paper and plastic pickers. Several refugee workers have been detained to be deported on the grounds that “they came to Turkey illegally.”
7 October 2021
‘At least 175 workers lost their lives in September’
Of the ones who died in occupational homicides in September, 18 were women and 157 were men. The occupational homicides of women occured in agriculture, textile, press, education, bureau, transportation, health, accomodation and security.
6 October 2021
Raid on waste collection depots: 200 people detained
Three waste pickers were also arrested on October 5 on the grounds that they joined the protests the other day.
6 October 2021
'Share of private schools in Turkey increased 10 fold in AKP era'
When the AKP came to power in 2002, two percent of the schools in the country were private schools. Now it's nearly 20 percent, says a trade union.
6 October 2021
Demirören's credit debt restructuring may top 2 billion USD, say reports
Except for the accrued interest, the credit debt restructuring of the Demirören Group, which received credits from various banks to finance its investments in the media, energy sector and games of chance, may top 2 billion US dollars.
6 October 2021
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Turkey’s annual inflation rate hit 19.58 percent in September, says TurkStat
The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the Consumer Price Index for September 2021: It increased by 19.58 percent annually and by 1.25 percent monthly.
4 October 2021
Gap between minimum wage, starvation line further increases in September
The "starvation line" for a family of four rose to 3,049 lira in September, according to the Türk-İş report.
27 September 2021
Child worker dies after being hit by pickup truck in Siirt
The driver of the truck has been detained after hitting the child walking with his cattle.
27 September 2021
Turkish lira slides as Central Bank cuts policy rate
The Central Bank has reduced the policy rate to 18 percent. The US dollar's exchange rate against the lira rose to 8.80 during the day.
23 September 2021
‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’
HDP MP Güzel has addressed a Parliamentary question to Health Minister Koca, asking him about the investigations against 800 family physicians who halted work in protest and the physicians in İzmir who face pay cuts before the investigations are completed.
23 September 2021
Two workers walking from İstanbul to Ankara detained
Demanding their reinstatement, three dismissed municipal workers started walking to Ankara. Two of them were detained while the other says he will keep walking.
22 September 2021
Ayça Söylemez
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Sakarya fireworks blast: Amount of stored explosives was above legal limits, experts find
Seven workers were killed and 127 were injured by the explosion in a fireworks factory last year in Sakarya, northwestern Turkey. An expert report has found the owners of the factory to be the "primary negligent party."
22 September 2021
Hikmet Adal
Ahead of Central Bank’s interest rate decision, USD exchange rate against lira on the rise
The exchange rate of the US dollar increased from 8.43 to 8.65 Turkish Lira last week. Ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, where it will be decided whether the policy rate will remain unchanged or not, the dollar saw 8.72 earlier today.
20 September 2021
Minibus carrying agricultural workers rolls over, claiming 1 life, injuring 15 others
While the fire brigade teams took the wounded agricultural workers out of the minibus following the accident in Maraş province in southern Turkey, the paramedics detected that S.A. died at the scene of the incident.
20 September 2021
‘57 pharmacists, 20 pharmacy workers died during the pandemic’
Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic, İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists’ Chair Cenap Sarıalioğlu said, “We went through such a process that no one had ever experienced something like this or no executive could ever imagine it.”
20 September 2021
‘Only 1 out of 6 jobseekers could find a job in Turkey in July’
The TMMOB Chamber of Mechanical Engineers has released its 73rd bulletin on the problems of the industry in Turkey. The bulletin has dealt with the “effect of economic growth on labor force, distribution of income and employment.”
16 September 2021
Economic Freedom Index: Turkey ranks 114th
In the Economic Freedom Index, which covers 165 countries of the world, Turkey has ranked 114th with 6.54 points. In 2018, the ranking of the country was 100 with 6.69 points.
15 September 2021
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