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After two weeks of struggle and wildcat strikes in #Turkey, the leader of Birtek-Sen (Textile Workers’ Union), Mehmet Türkmen, was detained and arrested. We interviewed him recently: irgac.org/articles/we-...

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“We Need a Flood!” – A Young and Independent Union’s Struggle in and through Waves of Local Strikes
In this interview, we talk to Mehmet Türkmen, President of the United Textile, Weaving and Leather Workers’ Union (Birtek-Sen), which is an independent trade union founded in Gaziantep, one of Turkey’...
irgac.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
sashasimic.bsky.social
#Turkey is cracking down on labour rights! Union leader Mehmet Türkmen was jailed for organising workers. Stand in solidarity! #FreeMehmetTürkmenNow #MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın #SendikalFaaliyetEngellenemez
@spotturkey
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
louise-reganneu.bsky.social
Turkey is cracking down on labor rights! Union leader Mehmet Türkmen was jailed for organizing workers. Stand in solidarity! #FreeMehmetTürkmenNow #MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın #BaşpınarİşçileriYalnızDeğildir #SendikalFaaliyetEngellenemez
February 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
sashasimic.bsky.social
#Turkey is cracking down on labour rights! Union leader Mehmet Türkmen was jailed for organising workers. Stand in solidarity! #FreeMehmetTürkmenNow #MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın #SendikalFaaliyetEngellenemez
@spotturkey
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
boerriesn.bsky.social
"If the freedom to unionize and struggles of the working class are prevented, it is not possible to talk about democracy and freedom in any other field of life". Interview by @octastan.bsky.social with Mehmet Türkmen
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
February 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
sashasimic.bsky.social
#Turkey is cracking down on labour rights! Union leader Mehmet Türkmen was jailed for organising workers. Stand in solidarity! #FreeMehmetTürkmenNow #MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın #SendikalFaaliyetEngellenemez
@spotturkey
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
sashasimic.bsky.social
#Turkey is cracking down on labour rights! Union leader Mehmet Türkmen was jailed for organising workers. Stand in solidarity! #FreeMehmetTürkmenNow #MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın #SendikalFaaliyetEngellenemez
@spotturkey
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
erbru.bsky.social
The leader of independent union #Birtek-Sen, Mehmet Türkmen got arrested for organizing workers in Antep who went on strikes for better wages in the last two weeks. They need solidarity @birlesiktekstil
#BaşpınarİşçileriYalnızDeğildir
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#MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın
February 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM