Articles from Türkiye
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Union renewal and development 14 November 2011 Turkey: EI and its affiliates support earthquake victims
Following devastating earthquakes in the eastern provinces of Turkey, more than 600 people have died, amongst them 75 teachers. With winter approaching fast, survivors are facing tremendous difficulties. EI and its affiliates Egitim Sen, Turkey, and Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) of Germany are calling for donations to help the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 June 2011 Turkey: Government repression of teacher unionists continues
The Turkish Education and Science Workers’ Union, Egitim Sen, has condemned a police raided of its Van branch office in eastern Turkey and the arbitrary arrest of six more trade unionists.
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Union growth 22 October 2010 Turkey: EI condemns further delay in the court decision
The High Court in Izmir has yet again postponed until 1 February 2011 its decision in the case concerning 31 public sector unionists, including 27 teacher unionists from Egitim Sen.
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Union growth 6 July 2010 Teacher unions advocate for quality education and trade union rights at the European Social Forum
Education international and the European Trade Union Committee for Education were represented at the European Social Forum (ESF) and presented the EI/ETUCE work on various topics.
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Union growth 23 June 2010 Turkish trade unionists' trial continues
Education International has sent a strongly worded statement of solidarity to teacher colleagues from Egitim Sen and KESK in Turkey after the third hearing of their court case took place on 22 June.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 March 2010 Turkey: EI regrets further delay in the court decision
EI has been informed that the High Court in Izmir decided yesterday to postpone until 22 June 2010 its decision in the case concerning 31 public sector unionists, including 27 teachers.
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Union growth 2 March 2010 Turkey: EI concerned about the fate of 31 public sector unionists on trial today
EI is expecting the decision of the High Court in Izmir today on the case of 31 public sector unionists, including 27 teachers. They are charged with providing “intellectual support to illegal organisations”.
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Union growth 26 February 2010 EI joins the international trade union delegation at the Turkish embassy
Together with representatives of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Belgian trade union centres FGTB and CGSLB, EI held an audience with the advisor to the Turkish ambassador on 26 Feb in Brussels.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 November 2009 Turkey: 22 teachers unionists released after 6 months of unjustified detention
“They are free. Egitim-Sen would like to thank you for your strong support. This is the success of international solidarity,” wrote Mehmet Bozgeyik, General Secretary of the Turkish teacher union to EI.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 August 2009 Turkish unionists remain in jail
Trade unions worldwide continue to protest at the continued harassment, random judicial proceedings and detention of members and leaders of the teacher union Egitim Sen and Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK).
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 July 2009 EI launches Urgent Action Appeal for Turkey
In recent weeks, EI member organisation Egitim-Sen and the Confederation of Public Employees’ Unions (KESK) – to which EI’s member is affiliated – have suffered a series of attacks by the Turkish authorities, including the occupation and searches of the trade union premises by the security forces, arrest and preventive...
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2009 Attacks continue on Turkish teachers
Turkish police and security forces used excessive violence against teachers who were demonstrating for the right to collective bargaining.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 May 2009 Turkish teacher activists arrested
Education International has written to the government of Turkey to condemn the fact that more than 30 members of Egitim Sen, EI’s Turkish affiliate, were arrested in the early hours of 28 May. In a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, EI deplores this latest police action against...
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 July 2008 EI supports campaign to free imprisoned Turkish trade unionist
EI echoes the call from Public Services International to free Meryem Özsögüt. A member of the executive committee of the Health Workers Trade Union (SES), Özsögüt has been in jail for the past six months for having done nothing more than attend a press conference to denounce the killing of...
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Union growth 9 March 2007 Turkey: Egitim-Sen offices attacked
Arsonists have attacked and destroyed the offices of the Sakarya branch of EI member organisation Egitim-Sen. Fortunately no one was hurt in the incident.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 November 2005 EI writes in support of Cypriot affiliate
EI have today written to Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community, in support of affiliate KTOEÖS.
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Union growth 2 November 2005 Reprieve for Turkish union, Egitim-Sen
There were muted celebrations in Ankara today (on Thursday, 27th October) among trade union members generally and members of Egitim-Sen, in particular, when the Judge in the Second Labour Court announced his decision that the union did not have to close down because it had removed the article from its...
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Standards and working conditions 26 October 2005 Basic Education in Turkey: unity without uniformity
EI attended the delivery of the OECD's report on basic education in Turkey, between 10-11 October in Istanbul, to present the viewpoint of teachers on the draft document. EI was represented by Research Co-ordinator Guntars Catlaks.
Basic Education in Turkey: unity without uniformity