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Second day of health workers’ strike: ‘We struggle for our labor, rights, right to health’

Second day of health workers’ strike: ‘We struggle for our labor, rights, right to health’

Upon the call of professional medical organizations and labor unions, healthcare workers halted work in a strike action across Turkey again.

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu proposes lowering the electoral threshold to 3 percent

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu proposes lowering the electoral threshold to 3 percent

Main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has addressed Erdoğan: “When several young physicians went abroad, he said, ‘They may leave as they like’. We are the ones to send you away by democratic means. They will stay in their country”.

Ahead of 2-day strike in healthcare: ‘We are here, we don’t go anywhere’

Ahead of 2-day strike in healthcare: ‘We are here, we don’t go anywhere’

Healthcare workers will be on strike today, on March 14 Doctor’s Day, and tomorrow. Before this country-wide two-day strike, they protested in İstanbul’s Kadıköy and also addressed Health Minister Fahrettin Koca’s letter to physicians.

Konya Medical Chamber Chair Eyüp Çetin resigns from AKP over Erdoğan’s remarks

Konya Medical Chamber Chair Eyüp Çetin resigns from AKP over Erdoğan’s remarks

Underlining that “reducing the several problems of physicians to wages and throwing them to the people will increase violence in healthcare”, Konya Medical Chamber Chair Dr. Eyüp Çetin has resigned from the membership of the ruling AKP.

Survey: 48.3 percent of retired physicians have economic hardships

İZMİR MEDICAL CHAMBER

Survey: 48.3 percent of retired physicians have economic hardships

The İzmir Medical Chamber did a survey with retired physicians: 3 out of every 4 physicians keep on working after retirement and 16.6 percent do more than one job.

Turkish Medical Association calls 2-day strike in mid-March

Turkish Medical Association calls 2-day strike in mid-March

Protesting for their rights, healthcare workers will be on strike across Turkey on March 14-15, 2022. The TTB has shared its action program with the public.

23 February 2022

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

On a “white watch” since January 26, physicians protested in front of the Parliament. Turkish Medical Association Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı asked why the legislative proposal foreseeing better employee personal rights for health workers was withdrawn.

4 February 2022

Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'

Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'

In a statement for the press, physicians have demanded that the legal amendment foreseeing improvements in the salaries and employee personal rights of physicians be brought into the Parliamentary agenda immediately.

From İstanbul Medical Chamber to Erdoğan: We Demand Respect for Physicians’ Will

From İstanbul Medical Chamber to Erdoğan: We Demand Respect for Physicians’ Will

After Erdoğan hinted changes in the election methods of occupational organizations, İstanbul Medical Chamber has asked, “If ‘proportional representation’ is such a ‘democratic’ system, why is it not implemented in the administration of the country?”

Woman Doctor Subjected to Violence from Colleague: 'Hospital Management Doesn't Care'

Woman Doctor Subjected to Violence from Colleague: 'Hospital Management Doesn't Care'

"In such a period, layoffs are banned and it's hard to find a new doctor. The management doesn't care about what we went through. Doctors can't resign. There is a serious problem with the system," says Dr. Ekenler.

20 April 2020 Evrim Kepenek