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Turkey Workers’ unions to mark May Day in İstanbul’s Kadıköy square [Medya News] 20-04-2025

Turkey / Global Solidarity with education trade unionists defending democracy [Education International]  ActNOW!  14-04-2025

Turkey / Canada TikTok Moderators Fight against Trauma and for a Union [Labornotes]  ActNOW!  10-04-2025

Canada / Turkey United Steelworkers, Canadian Labour Congress oppose bad treatment of Telus workers in Turkey [USW]  ActNOW!  09-04-2025

Turkey At least 145 workers die in March 2025 in Türkiye, work-related death toll hits 447 in 3 months [Turkiya Today] 09-04-2025

Turkey Detained Swedish journalist Joakim Medin must be released immediately [EFJ] 04-04-2025

Turkey / Sweden Foreign journalists arrested amid massive crackdown on journalists [EFJ] 03-04-2025

Turkey Foreign journalists arrested amid protests [IFJ] 01-04-2025

Turkey Ensure the right of peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of expression during protests [IFJ] 30-03-2025

Turkey Ismet Aslan Released – Trade Unionism is Not a Crime! [Labour News Network] 27-03-2025


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VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 March - 15 April 2025) 2025-04-21 [UID-DER]

Workers’ unions to mark May Day in İstanbul’s Kadıköy square 2025-04-20 [Medya News]

StitchTogether project - Turkish social partners present the Istanbul Declaration 2025-04-17 [IndustriAll Europe]

Global Solidarity with education trade unionists defending democracy  ActNOW!  2025-04-14 [Education International]

Canada TikTok Moderators Fight against Trauma and for a Union  ActNOW!  2025-04-10 [Labornotes]

At least 145 workers die in March 2025 in Türkiye, work-related death toll hits 447 in 3 months 2025-04-09 [Turkiya Today]

Turkey United Steelworkers, Canadian Labour Congress oppose bad treatment of Telus workers in Turkey  ActNOW!  2025-04-09 [USW]

Turkey United Steelworkers, Canadian Labour Congress oppose bad treatment of Telus workers in Turkey For more info 2025-04-08 [USW]

Detained Swedish journalist Joakim Medin must be released immediately 2025-04-04 [EFJ]

Sweden Foreign journalists arrested amid massive crackdown on journalists 2025-04-03 [EFJ]

Foreign journalists arrested amid protests 2025-04-01 [IFJ]

Police detained at least 11 journalists in dawn raids as crackdown escalates 2025-03-30 [IFJ]

Ensure the right of peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of expression during protests 2025-03-30 [IFJ]

Turkey NUJ statement on Türkiye deportation of Mark Lowen 2025-03-27 [NUJ]

Ismet Aslan Released – Trade Unionism is Not a Crime! 2025-03-27 [Labour News Network]

Police detained at least 11 journalists in dawn raids as crackdown escalates 2025-03-26 [EFJ]

Union power secures win for Nike workers in Türkiye 2025-03-26 [UNI Global Union]

Journalist unions condemn police violence 2025-03-25 [Bianet]

VIDEO  Video: Labour Movement in Turkey (15 February - 15 March 2025) For more info 2025-03-24 [uidder.org]

Journalists detained as protests over the jailing of key Erdogan rival rock the country 2025-03-24 [CP]

Interview: How TÜMTİS Secured a Landmark Victory for DHL Express Workers in Turkey 2025-03-24 [ETF]

Nike faces store strike in Turkey on top of online sales pause 2025-03-21 [Fashion Network]

Crackdown: EFJ calls on authorities to release journalist Ismail Saymaz 2025-03-21 [EFJ]

TikTok workers sue Telus for being fired, investigation reveals  ActNOW!  2025-03-18 [UNI Global Union]

New firings at Telus in Türkiye renew calls to stop union busting  ActNOW!  2025-03-17 [UNI Global Union]

TikTok workers sue employer over ‘union-busting’ firings  ActNOW!  2025-03-16 [BIJ]

TikTok workers were fired after union campaign  ActNOW!  2025-03-15 [Independent]

İstanbul shipyard workers climb crane protesting unpaid wages 2025-03-14 [Bianet]

Nike workers in Türkiye lace up for strike over fair deal 2025-03-11 [UNI Global Union]

DHL Express workers in Türkiye make gains with new CBA 2025-03-11 [ITF]

From streets to factories, women workers in struggle 2025-03-11 [Bir Gun]

Thousands March in Ankara on International Women's Day to Protest Femicide 2025-03-09 [BTA]

Turkey Telus accused of union busting against its workers in Turkey  ActNOW!  2025-03-07 [rabble]

Union strikes in Türkiye after failed Nike negotiations 2025-03-06 [Today]

Tobacco workers go on strike in western Turkey 2025-03-05 [Duvar]

Union calls on women across Turkey to strike on International Women’s Day 2025-03-05 [SCF]

Over 2,600 young workers died in work-related accidents in Turkey in last 12 years 2025-03-04 [Turkish Minute]

ISIG: At least 2,664 young workers lost their lives in 12 years 2025-03-03 [ANF News]

Over 2,600 young workers died in occupation-related accidents in Turkey in last 12 years 2025-03-03 [Stockholm Center for Freedom]

Company manager sentenced for obstructing union rights 2025-03-03 [bianet]

Urgent call on Turkish authorities to release detained journalists 2025-02-26 [UNI Global Union]

2,664 young workers lost their lives in 12 years 2025-02-25 [Birgun]

Press associations condemn the arrest of journalists 2025-02-23 [ANF]

ÇİMSE-İŞ re-elects Nazlim as union president 2025-02-21 [BWI]

Four journalists detained in mass police raids 2025-02-21 [IFJ]

VIDEO  VIDEO: Labour Movement in Turkey (15 January - 15 Fabruary 2025) For more info 2025-02-20 [UİD-DER]

Turkey French trade unions respond to fascist attacks in Paris 2025-02-19 [PeoplesDispatch]

Union leader arrested in crackdown against industrial action 2025-02-19 [MorningStar]

Canada Telus – reinstate workers in Turkey, stop union busting  ActNOW!  2025-02-13 [UNI Global Union]

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