Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1993)

Other comments on C087

Observation

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The Committee notes the comments made by the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK) in a communication dated 30 August 2013 on the application of the Convention. The Committee further notes the comments made on Act No. 6356 entitled “Law on Trade Union and Collective Labour Agreements” by the Trade Union Confederation (HAK-İŞ) in a communication dated 29 March 2013 and by the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) in a communication dated 3 April 2013, and the Government’s observations thereon in communications dated 3 September and 8 October 2013. The Committee also notes the comments made by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in a communication dated 30 August 2013 on Act No. 6356, as well as on the matters previously examined by the Committee, and alleging violations of the Convention in practice (including imprisonment of trade unionists). The Committee notes the Government’s reply to some of the ITUC allegations and requests the Government to provide its observations on the remaining issues together with a detailed report on the application of the Convention for its November–December 2014 session.