Halting work for better working conditions, over 150 workers of the Migros Depo, the warehouse of Migros supermarket chain, and three union executives were briefly detained while they were waiting in the warehouse in İstanbul’s Esenyurt.
Doctors, worn down by grueling hours and violence, are emigrating in rising numbers, undermining one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s signature achievements.
Amid ongoing increases in the prices of fuel oil, electricity and basic consumption goods among many others, 11 metropolitan mayors from the main opposition CHP have reiterated their requests in order to protect citizens from price hikes.
“Physicians are exhausted, health workers are exhausted. This makes a healthy healthcare service impossible,” said the head of the Turkish Medical Association.
Arriving in Isparta, where the electricity has been off for 4 days, Energy Minister Dönmez says 20,000 subscribers cannot be provided with electricity. The Governor’s Office dismisses the allegations that the death of one person is related to the power cut.
‘Tayyip, resign’: Citizens protest increasing electricity prices in Mardin
Thousands of people took to the streets in Mardin’s Kızıltepe and protested the price hikes. Police intervened against the
Restriction on electricity supply: Industry to halt for 3 days in Turkey
As Iran has cut natural gas flow to Turkey due to a technical failure on the transmission line, the Electricity Transmission Corporation has decided to restrict electricity distribution to organized industrial zones for 3 days starting from today, January 24.
The delivery workers of Trendyol, one of the largest e-commerce companies in Turkey, gathered in İstanbul’s Maltepe and Yenikapı and expressed their demands, including a 50-percent pay rise and not dismissing the workers seeking their rights.
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