Articles from Türkiye
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Union growth 4 August 2017 Turkey: Threat of curriculum manipulation to replace science with Islamic worldview
Secularism – the division between state and religious institutions –, a historic value of the Turkish political system, is being undermined by changes to the country’s school curriculum, which propose to oust the scientific theory of evolution in favour of an Islamic worldview.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2017 Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş: “We learnt of our dismissal in lists published on the Internet”
Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş arrived in Istanbul this year from Mardin, a town in south-east Turkey. They taught for several years at the primary school there, including during the war and the curfews. Their arrival in Istanbul signalled a new departure, that began with their marriage in Mardin.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2017 Context: 1540 Egitim-Sen teachers and academics dismissed
Since the attempted coup in Turkey last summer and the introduction of the state of emergency, which has been in force since July 2016, the government has launched a massive witch hunt to ''rid the country” of so-called “terrorists and traitors".
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Union renewal and development 11 July 2017 Mithat Güley: ''I thought about starting a hunger strike''
Mithat Güley taught biology at a high school for 16 years. At the start of the 2016-17 academic year, whilst on his way to school in the small town of Adiyaman, in the south-east of the country, Mithat received a phone call from a friend. He was told his name...
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Union renewal and development 11 July 2017 Ismet Akça: ''I no longer have a passport, I cannot leave the country''
Ismet Akça had been an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Yıldız in Istanbul for 15 years. He has also been a member of the Executive of the university branch of the Eğitim-Sen for many years.
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Union growth 14 June 2017 Turkey: Urgent action needed
International pressure on the Turkish government is rising since the arrest of the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, Taner Kılıç. He has been detained on bogus charges of terrorism since 6 June.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 June 2017 Teacher union renewal: developing the power of the profession
Howard Stevenson
The challenges that face teachers often look very similar around the world. Global league tables are often behind the relentless pressure to drive test scores up, whilst the forces of global economic competition explain a race to the bottom on teachers’ working conditions. Teachers experience ever rising workloads, but perhaps...
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Climate action and literacy 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 April 2017 Documentary shows Turkish teachers' plight
A new documentary film about the fate of Sakine Yilmaz, former general secretary of Egitim Sen, and her life as a refugee in Germany sheds light on the oppression and persecution of tens of thousands of teachers in Turkey.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 March 2017 Turkey: dismissed teachers receive international support
An international trade union delegation has offered support to the thousands of teachers dismissed by the government, and to Education International’s national affiliate, which has suffered severe political repression since the political crackdown began.
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Union growth 23 November 2016 Speak up for Turkish educators now!
Education International has released an urgent action appeal for Turkey asking for worldwide action and financial solidarity with E?itim-Sen and the education community in this country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 July 2016 Turkey’s democratic principles crumble as government purges education sector
In response to the latest developments in Turkey, Education International cannot stand idle to what it sees as the degradation of democratic values and strongly condemns the government’s actions which now target the country’s educators.
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Union renewal and development 30 June 2016 Attack on Istanbul airport an affront to the values of democracy
Education International strongly condemns the attack which robbed at least 42 people of their lives and left another 239 injured, some critical, as they made their way through Istanbul’s busy Ataturk airport Wednesday morning.
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Equity and inclusion 16 October 2015 Refugee children’s education front and centre at global migration forum
Education International joined other Global Unions in Turkey for the 2015 Global Forum on Migration and Development to demand human, labour and education rights for migrants.
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Union renewal and development 12 October 2015 Turkey: EI condemns horrific attack on peace and democracy
Education International has offered heartfelt condolences to its Turkish affiliate, the Education and Science Workers’ Union of Turkey, after eight of its activists were confirmed killed in bomb attacks that struck Ankara over the weekend.
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Union growth 21 July 2015 Turkey: teacher union condemns the latest suicide bomb against education workers
E?itim-Sen, the national Education International’s affiliate, has strongly condemned the suicide bomb attack that killed university students, including one member of the union, in Suruc, Turkey.
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Union growth 20 May 2015 “I can be sent back to prison at any time»
Sakine Esen Yilmaz and Mehmet Bozgeyik, the current and former general secretaries of the Turkish education union, E?itim Sen, are to be presented with the FNV’s « Febe Elisabeth Vasquez » prize at the end of May. The prize is awarded to trade union leaders who have fought for human...
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 May 2015 The Netherlands: Turkish trade union leaders awarded
Two Turkish trade unionists have been awarded the Febe Elisabeth Velasquez trade union award 2015 for their exceptional trade union work by the biggest trade union confederation in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands: Turkish trade union leaders awarded