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Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government in its report for the period ending May 2001. The Committee notes the indication that the Government will supply in future reports all relevant information on the consultations held in the Economic and Social Council on subjects covered by the Convention.

The Committee notes that the Government regularly supplies with its reports on the application of the Convention copies of the observations received from the representative organizations. The Government’s last report was accompanied by observations made by the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DISK) and the Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Associations (TISK). In its communication, TISK indicates that tripartite consultations are carried out most frequently through written communications and once again welcomes the Government’s efforts over the past few years to promote dialogue and tripartite consultation. However, in its communication, the DISK regrets that the Government has ceased to hold consultations in the tripartite consultation committee established in 1998, in which the matters covered by the Convention had been discussed. DISK hopes that the tripartite consultation committee will become operational once again and encourages the Government to take the necessary measures to make it a permanent body.

The Government is requested to provide any comments that it considers appropriate with regard to the observations made by DISK and TISK, and particularly to indicate whether it envisages making the tripartite consultation committee operational once again.