content tagged with 1 May

Political Prisoners Punished for Labour Day Slogans

Political Prisoners Punished for Labour Day Slogans

63 detainees and convicts of the Sincan Prison were punished for chanting "pointless slogans" on 1 May. The inmates had celebrated Labour Day by singing marches and chanting slogans. As a result, they were banned from communication and visits for 1 month.

21 June 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Six Members of Freedom and Solidarity Party released

Six Members of Freedom and Solidarity Party released

Two days after Prime Minister Erdoğan's party won the elections, six people in Çorum were taken into police custody on the grounds of their participation in the 1 May celebrations 45 days ago. They were released the same day.

15 June 2011 Ekin Karaca

Journalists' Impact on Labour Day

Journalists' Impact on Labour Day

A group of journalists urged their colleagues to join the 1 May demonstrations in Istanbul to raise their voices for the release of arrested journalists Şık and Şener. The journalists will accompany the socialist trade union DİSK with their call for press freedom and fundamental rights.

27 April 2011 Nilay Vardar

Labour Day Finally Back in Taksim Square!

1 May 2010

Labour Day Finally Back in Taksim Square!

For the first time in 32 years, Taksim Square was open to the public for a celebration of the labour movement and a call for more rights.

1 May 2010 Tolga Korkut,Berivan Tapan,Semra Pelek

Acknowledge Women's "Invisible Labour" on 1 May!

Acknowledge Women's "Invisible Labour" on 1 May!

Filiz Karakuş, Necla Akgökçe, Yıldız Ay and Nilgün Yurdalan call for the acknowledgement of male hegemony on Labour Day.

30 April 2010 Burçin Belge

22,000 Policemen in Taksim for a 'Peaceful 1 May'

1 MAY 2010

22,000 Policemen in Taksim for a 'Peaceful 1 May'

The Governor of Istanbul engaged more than 22,000 policemen for 1 May. Union representatives will be at the check points. Six union confederations will gather at Taksim square after a converging demonstration. The whole area will be closed to traffic.

29 April 2010 Tolga Korkut,Burçin Belge

Labour Day March Sung in Taksim after Years of Silence

1 May 2009

Labour Day March Sung in Taksim after Years of Silence

More than 5,000 people gathered in Taksim Square for 1 May. The celebration ended at 1.30 pm.

1 May 2009 Tolga Korkut

Labour Day March Sung in Taksim after Years of Silence

1 May 2009

Labour Day March Sung in Taksim after Years of Silence

More than 5,000 people gathered in Taksim Square for 1 May. The celebration ended at 1.30 pm.

1 May 2009 Tolga Korkut

Workers Defied Police and Got to Taksim Square

Workers Defied Police and Got to Taksim Square

Trade unions representatives gathered in Taksim to show their determination to gather there on Labour Day.

27 April 2009 Bawer Çakır

Workers Demand Taksim Square on 1 May

Workers Demand Taksim Square on 1 May

The DİSK and KESK trade union confederations have announced that they will gather in Taksim Square on Labour Day, despite bans and clashes with the police in previous years. Prime Minister Erdoğan has ordered that 1 May be a public holiday.

9 April 2009 Bawer Çakır

DISK Takes The May Day Police Violence To ECHR and ILO

DISK president Çelebi tells that they will take the May Day prohibitions and the police violence, what they call “state terror”, to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

May Day Ends with Excessive Police Violence

May Day Ends with Excessive Police Violence

Unions ended the May Day activity in Şişli following the excessive violence by the police forces. DİSK president Çelebi said that “Our friends ended up in the hospitals. They used all kinds of violence. Whole Turkey became Taksim.”

Everybody Meets In Şişli And March To Taksim

Everybody Meets In Şişli And March To Taksim

Trade unions from DİSK, KESK and TÜRK-İŞ confederations, professional organizations and political formations will meet in Şişli and march to Taksim. Targeting the administration, Tombul from KESK says: “Do not resort to the shameful act of using violence against people”.

1 May 2008 Tolga Korkut

“It Is Not Illegal to Have 1 May Celebration In Taksim”

The DISK lawyer Okcan indicates that the court rulings disprove the governor Güler. “Taksim is open to the soccer celebrations, police marches, tulip festival and to the new year festivities, but closed to the workers. He is trying to lower the participation by scaring people away.”

30 April 2008 Tolga Korkut

Unions Urge For Taksim Square, Government Says A Wreath Is Enough

Unions Urge For Taksim Square, Government Says A Wreath Is Enough

PM Erdoğan says yes to a May Day press statement and a wreath-laying ceremony in Istanbul's central Taksim Square, but no to a meeting. The unions propose to enter Taksim only from one side. Çelebi from Disk says they do not want this square closed to them.

Prosecutor Rejects Trial for 1 May Police Violence

38 people who were attacked by the police at last year’s 1 May protests have been told that their demonstration was illegal and the police used legitimate force.

3 April 2008 Erol Önderoğlu