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Labour accident or murder?
Regularly, the Turkish society is confronted with series of deadly work related accidents. Numerous workers died while working in the Tuzla Shipyards (link) or in other construction yards (link)....
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Data on Turkish employment: a-typical work is a rarity but very a-typical...
In most European countries, the standard, typical employment relation is a full-time employment with a contract for an undetermined period. Nevertheless, due to market and societal pressures, more and...
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2013 Progress Report on Turkey: What about Industrial Relations?
In October, the 2013 version of the European Union Progress Report on Turkey (link) was published. As every year, the Progress Report also included mentions to social dialogue issues. Under chapter 19...
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Safety at work in Turkey: regular (fatal) accidents but improving working...
On 13 May 2013 about 300 mineworkers in Turkey died in the SOMA coal mines. This tragedy sparked international attention for the work safety problems in Turkey as the SOMA disaster is not as unique as...
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