content tagged with seasonal workers

Agricultural workers’ child found dead in a puddle

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

‘If Seasonal Agricultural Workers Cannot Find a Job, Child Labor will Increase’

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‘If Seasonal Agricultural Workers Cannot Find a Job, Child Labor will Increase’

Development Workshop has released a report on the lives of seasonal agricultural workers in Turkey in the days of coronavirus pandemic. Ayşe Özsoy from Development Workshop has answered the questions of bianet.

7 May 2020 Hikmet Adal

Agricultural Workers to Migrate Amid Pandemic, Government Has Done Little to Protect Them

Agricultural Workers to Migrate Amid Pandemic, Government Has Done Little to Protect Them

As many as 500 thousand seasonal agricultural workers who live in tents with poor hygienic conditions are poised to migrate.

8 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

Landslide in Tent Area of Agricultural Workers: 2 Syrian Children Die, 2 Children Wounded

Landslide in Tent Area of Agricultural Workers: 2 Syrian Children Die, 2 Children Wounded

A landslide has hit a stream bed in Konya where seasonal agricultural workers from Syria set up their tents. While two children have lost their lives, two children have been injured.

10-Hour Shift of Agricultural Women Workers in the Sun in 40 Degrees - PHOTO GALLERY

10-Hour Shift of Agricultural Women Workers in the Sun in 40 Degrees - PHOTO GALLERY

Women wake up at around 5 in the morning to go to work. When the clock hits 7 a.m., they set to work in the field. Having two 15-minute breaks all through the day, women are given an hour to have lunch.

19 July 2019 Ferid Demirel

15 Seasonal Workers Die, Death Toll Reaches 227 in 6 Months

15 Seasonal Workers Die, Death Toll Reaches 227 in 6 Months

15 laborers were killed in a traffic accident in Manisa province of Turkey. In the first half of 2015, 227 workers died on the road while 168 laborers who were working in the fields died.

Most Workplace Mortalities Occur in Agriculture in March

Most Workplace Mortalities Occur in Agriculture in March

According to a report released by Worker Health and Occupational Safety, at least 139 workers died on the job in March.

289 Workers Killed on the Road in 2014

289 Workers Killed on the Road in 2014

According to Worker Health and Occupation Safety Assembly, 289 workers died due to traffic and shuttle service accident so far in 2014. The toll was 433 in 2013.

31 October 2014 Nilay Vardar

The Pain of Seasonal Workers

The Pain of Seasonal Workers

Hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers take up the hazardous journey to earn a living with the hazelnut harvest in Turkey. Veysi Altay had a close look at their sometimes desperate situation which is dominated by poverty and discrimination.

21 September 2011 Veysi Altay

Discrimination Adds to The Plight of Seasonal Workers

The Human Rights Association investigates the conditions of the seasonal workers in the Black Sea provinces of Turkey. As if not enough that they are discriminated economically, they are also treated as criminals.

19 August 2008 Nilay Vardar