Doctors in Turkey stage strikes in wake of spate of violence against healthcare workers
Doctors in Turkey carried out a two-day strike last week in response to the death of a cardiologist in the city of Konya. Ekrem Karayaka was killed by a patient…
Unemployment and inflation hammer Turkish workers
Image credit; Press service of the President of the Russian Federation - Creative Commons Over 8 million Turkish people are now unemployed, according to the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions…
Turkey’s new minimum wage is ‘far from meeting the expectations of workers’, union claims
Turkey’s largest trade union centre has called the country’s minimum wage increase ‘inadequate’ and said it will ‘victimize’ workers. The Minimum Wage Determination Commission, which sets the minimum wage in…
Green Party’s allies in Turkey call for international solidarity after headquarters set on fire
Diyarbakir HDP Meeting 5th June 2015. Photo by Dogan Ucar. The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey has called for international solidarity and support to bring peace to the country,…
Foreign relations must be central in the EU referendum debate—just ask Turkey
View image | The EU referendum debate has, so far, failed to really get going. We are all having too much fun with a pantomime and increasingly hilarious Labour leadership…
GPEW Conference Day 2: First a tragedy, then a farce
Lots of policy to talk about on day 2 of the conference, some of which I've mentioned already, some which I haven't. We began with two more emergency motions, both…