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WhatsApp groups, used by hundreds of thousands of couriers to organize solidarity and protests, have become a major worry for employers, who continuously attempt to disrupt these activities.

The President of the Courier Rights Association, Mesut Çeki, wrote about the incident on November 30, where the vehicle driven by the son of the President of Somalia hit motorcycle courier Yunus Emre Göçer from behind, causing his death at the Aksaray exit of the Eurasia Tunnel in İstanbul: "We know that justice will not be done until everyone responsible and negligent in the Yunus Emre Göçer case is brought to justice. And none of us will be safe on the roads!"

Workers formed a convoy and arrived at the company's İstanbul headquarters to demand higher wage increases and a range of other requests.

Most of the workers are concerned about the future and don't want to become unemployed in the time of the pandemic, shows a new study.