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  1. CASE_NUMBER 3084 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 15-JUL-14Kristal-Is (Trade Union of Glass, Cement and Soil Workers of Turkey) supported by the IndustriALL Global Union The complainant organization alleges that section 63 of Act No. 6356, which allows the Government to suspend a strike by way of a decree and to impose a compulsory arbitration, in general, and the Government’s Decree No. 2014/6524 of 27 June 2014, which suspended a strike in the glass industry for a period of 60 days on grounds of public health and national security, in particular, are not in conformity with Conventions Nos 87 and 98
  2. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO378, June 2016 ( 79 - 84 )
  3. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO374, March 2015 ( 855 - 873 )
  4. CASE_NUMBER 3021 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 09-APR-13Union of Social Insurance, Education, Office, Commerce, Cooperative and Fine Arts Workers of Turkey (SOSYAL-IS)The complainant organization alleges that the Act on Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Act No. 6356) is not in compliance with Convention No. 98, in particular as regards the required thresholds for collective bargaining
  5. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO391, October 2019 ( 68 - 70 )
  6. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO382, June 2017 ( 140 - 145 )
  7. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO373, October 2014 ( 471 - 530 )
  8. CASE_NUMBER 2789 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 02-JUN-10International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) The complainant alleges that two enterprises, Menders Tekstil and Desa Der Sanayi ve Ticaret AS initiated anti-union campaigns involving acts of harassment and intimidation, and dismissals to deter workers from organizing. The complainant further alleges that national legislation unduly restricts the rights to organize and collective bargaining and fails to provide adequate protection against acts of anti-union discrimination and interference
  9. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO389, June 2019 ( 96 - 102 )
  10. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO363, March 2012 ( 1098 - 1132 )
  11. CASE_NUMBER 2537 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 28-MRZ-06Representation against the Government of Turkey presented by Yapi-Yol Sen under article 24 of the ILO Constitution alleging non-observance by the Government of Turkey of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) The complainant alleges that the Government of Turkey violated Convention No. 87 by unilaterally amending the branches of activity according to which public employees’ trade unions may be established, so that the complainant automatically lost members and encountered consequent financial difficulties
  12. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO353, March 2009 ( 283 - 285 )
  13. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO349, March 2008 ( 291 - 297 )
  14. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO347, June 2007 ( 1 - 26 )
  15. CASE_NUMBER 2366 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 09-JUL-04The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) and Education International (EI)The complainant alleges that the Attorney-General of Ankara filed a lawsuit requesting the courts to order the dissolution of the Trade Union of Public Servants in the Education Branch (Egitim Sen), because its statutes provided as one of the trade union’s purposes the defence of “the right of all citizens to education in their mother tongue and the development of their culture”, which was contrary, according to the Attorney-General, to constitutional and legislative provisions prohibiting the teaching of any language other than Turkish as mother tongue, and Article 3 of the national Constitution which provides that the Turkish State, along with its nation and territory, constitutes an indivisible entity
  16. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO342, June 2006 ( 906 - 917 )
  17. Interim Report - REPORT_NO338, November 2005 ( 1284 - 1305 )
  18. CASE_NUMBER 2351 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 31-MAI-04United Metalworkers' Union (BIRLESIK METAL-IS)The complainant organization alleges that the Colakoglu Metallurgy Enterprise forced approximately 700 workers to resign from the complainant and join the Turkish Metal Union; consequently, the complainant lost its status as competent union for collective bargaining purposes and was prevented from having access to the workplace in order to perform its activities. It is also alleged that in Grammer A.S., 54 members of the complainant organization were dismissed, while other workers were hired in their place, and other members were threatened with dismissal or forced to resign from the union, in order to prevent the complainant from obtaining recognition for collective bargaining purposes
  19. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO344, March 2007 ( 213 - 216 )
  20. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO340, March 2006 ( 1297 - 1352 )
  21. CASE_NUMBER 2329 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 22-MRZ-04The Petroleum, Chemical and Rubber Industry Workers’ Union of Turkey (LASTIK-IS) and the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK)The complainants allege that the Government violated freedom of association principles by suspending for the third time in four years a strike in the tyre industry on the grounds that the strike would be a threat to national security
  22. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO342, June 2006 ( 173 - 175 )
  23. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO338, November 2005 ( 1258 - 1283 )
  24. CASE_NUMBER 2303 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 02-OKT-03The Glass, Cement and Soil Industries Workers' Union (KRISTAL-IS)The complainant alleges that: (1) the Pasabahce Eskisehir Glassware Industries and Trade Limited Company dismissed 296 trade union members on anti-union grounds; and (2) the Government violated the complainant’s right to strike by issuing Decree No. 2003/6479 to suspend a major strike in the glass industry on grounds of national security
  25. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO342, June 2006 ( 167 - 172 )
  26. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO338, November 2005 ( 328 - 339 )
  27. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO335, November 2004 ( 1357 - 1378 )
  28. CASE_NUMBER 2200 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 17-MAI-02The Confederation of Public Employees Trade Union (KESK), the Independent Public Works and Construction Employees’ Union (BAGIMSIZ YAPI-IMAR SEN) and the Independent Transport Union (Railways, Airports, Sea and Land Transport Services Public Employees) (BAGIMSIZ ULASIM-SEN)The complainants allege the incompatibility of Act No. 4688 on public employees’ trade unions with Conventions Nos. 87, 98 and 151, violations in practice consisting of favouritism displayed towards certain unions as well as acts of anti-union discrimination.
  29. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO338, November 2005 ( 319 - 327 )
  30. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO334, June 2004 ( 722 - 762 )
  31. Interim Report - REPORT_NO330, March 2003 ( 1077 - 1105 )
  32. CASE_NUMBER 2147 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 13-JUL-01The Confederation of Public Servants’ Unions of Turkey (Türkiye Kamu-Sen)Dismissal of a trade union leader
  33. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO334, June 2004 ( 75 - 78 )
  34. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO327, March 2002 ( 848 - 867 )
  35. CASE_NUMBER 2126 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 17-APR-01The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and Dok Gemi-IsViolations of representational and collective bargaining rights
  36. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO342, June 2006 ( 164 - 166 )
  37. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO334, June 2004 ( 67 - 74 )
  38. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO330, March 2003 ( 148 - 152 )
  39. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO329, November 2002 ( 139 - 141 )
  40. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO327, March 2002 ( 805 - 847 )
  41. CASE_NUMBER 1981 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 11-AUG-98The Bütün Belediye Memurlari Birli i Sendikasi (BEM-BIR-SEN)Restrictions on the right to bargain collectively of public servants
  42. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO313, March 1999 ( 244 - 269 )
  43. CASE_NUMBER 1830 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 24-MRZ-95The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK)Violation of the trade union rights of workers and their organizations, restrictions on freedom of assembly and demonstration, denial of the trade union rights of public servants and restrictions on the right to strike, restrictive trade union legislation, representativity criteria violating collective bargaining, anti-union discrimination, interference by the authorities in trade union affairs
  44. CASE_NUMBER 1810 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 04-JUL-94Representation made by the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TURK-IS) under article 24 of the ILO Constitution alleging non-observance by Turkey of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)Violation of the trade union rights of workers and their organizations, restrictions on freedom of assembly and demonstration, denial of the trade union rights of public servants and restrictions on the right to strike, restrictive trade union legislation, representativity criteria violating collective bargaining, anti-union discrimination, interference by the authorities in trade union affairs
  45. CASE_NUMBER 1755 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 14-DEZ-93The International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA)
  46. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO295, November 1994 ( 333 - 346 )
  47. CASE_NUMBER 1727 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 20-JUL-93The Public Workers' Union, Educational Branch (EGITIM-IS)
  48. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO306, March 1997 ( 52 - 54 )
  49. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO295, November 1994 ( 316 - 332 )
  50. CASE_NUMBER 1697 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 26-JAN-93The Miners International Federation (MIF)
  51. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO292, March 1994 ( 444 - 468 )
  52. CASE_NUMBER 1583 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 15-MAI-91Egitim Iskolu Kamu Gorevlileri Sendikasi (EGITIM-IS)
  53. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO283, June 1992 ( 137 - 146 )
  54. Interim Report - REPORT_NO281, March 1992 ( 399 - 419 )
  55. CASE_NUMBER 1582 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 17-MAI-91The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET)
  56. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO281, March 1992 ( 223 - 236 )
  57. CASE_NUMBER 1577 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 13-APR-91THE EDUCATION AND SCIENCE WORKERS' UNION (EGIT-SEN)
  58. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO279, November 1991 ( 423 - 440 )
  59. CASE_NUMBER 1521 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 30-JAN-90THE TURKISH RAILWAY WORKERS' UNION (DEMIRYOL-IS), THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS' FEDERATION (ITF), AND THE CONFEDERATION OF TURKISH WORKERS' UNIONS (TURK-IS)
  60. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO273, June 1990 ( 19 - 40 )
  61. CASE_NUMBER 1507 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 01-AUG-89The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET)
  62. CASE_NUMBER 1029 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 16-FEB-81Public Services International (PSI)
  63. Interim Report - REPORT_NO214, March 1982 ( 541 - 574 )
  64. Interim Report - REPORT_NO211, November 1981 ( 458 - 498 )
  65. Interim Report - REPORT_NO208, June 1981 ( 421 - 431 )
  66. CASE_NUMBER 999 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 17-SEP-80The World Confederation of Labour (WCL), the Trade Unions International of Workers of the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
  67. Interim Report - REPORT_NO214, March 1982 ( 541 - 574 )
  68. Interim Report - REPORT_NO211, November 1981 ( 458 - 498 )
  69. Interim Report - REPORT_NO208, June 1981 ( 342 - 370 )
  70. Interim Report - REPORT_NO207, March 1981 ( 275 - 315 )
  71. CASE_NUMBER 997 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 09-SEP-80WORLD CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR, WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS AND SEVERAL OTHER TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS
  72. Interim Report - REPORT_NO214, March 1982 ( 541 - 574 )
  73. Interim Report - REPORT_NO211, November 1981 ( 458 - 498 )
  74. Interim Report - REPORT_NO208, June 1981 ( 342 - 370 )
  75. Interim Report - REPORT_NO207, March 1981 ( 275 - 315 )
  76. CASE_NUMBER 985 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 23-JUL-80THE TRADE UNIONS INTERNATIONAL OF WORKERS IN THE METAL INDUSTRY AND THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR
  77. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO204, November 1980 ( 302 - 307 )
  78. CASE_NUMBER 962 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 05-MAI-80THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR AND THE WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
  79. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO204, November 1980 ( 231 - 261 )
  80. CASE_NUMBER 930 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 30-APR-79THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR, THE WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEACHERS' UNIONS, THE TRADE UNIONS INTERNATIONAL OF WORKERS IN COMMERCE AND THE TRADE UNIONS INTERNATIONAL OF WORKERS IN THE METAL INDUSTRY
  81. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO204, November 1980 ( 231 - 261 )
  82. Interim Report - REPORT_NO202, June 1980 ( 355 - 373 )
  83. Interim Report - REPORT_NO199, March 1980 ( 290 - 304 )
  84. Interim Report - REPORT_NO197, November 1979 ( 577 - 591 )
  85. CASE_NUMBER 863 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 27-SEP-76THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR
  86. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO164, June 1977 ( 64 - 77 )
  87. CASE_NUMBER 799 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 21-AUG-74THE CYPRUS WORKERS' CONFEDERATION
  88. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO151, November 1975 ( 89 - 107 )
  89. CASE_NUMBER 631 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 15-JUN-70Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK)
  90. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO138, 1973 ( 15 - 35 )
  91. CASE_NUMBER 543 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 10-DEZ-67Social Insurance Workers' Union (Ankara)
  92. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO111, 1969 ( 21 - 39 )
  93. CASE_NUMBER 169 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 29-AUG-57The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  94. Interim Report - REPORT_NO28, 1958 ( 275 - 307 )
  95. CASE_NUMBER 50 (Türkiye) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 01-DEZ-51The World Federation of Trade Unions
  96. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO6, 1953 ( 814 - 867 )
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