Investigation targets Egitim-Sen executives

Investigation targets Egitim-Sen executives

An investigation was launched against Egitim-Sen. Reportedly, it was launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. In a statement released on Monday, 24 March, the Education and Science Workers' Union (Egitim-Sen) declared: "We stand with the students against long-standing anti-democratic practices, repression, and injustice!" The union also declared that it would suspend all work in higher education on 25 March as an act of protest…

DİSK and KESK representatives made a statement in front of the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan before the hearing of Eğitim-Sen member Gıyasettin Yiğit and another member of our executive board, Yusuf Emreoğlu.

Turkish authorities launch investigation into education union following academic boycott call - Stockholm Center for Freedom

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim Sen) for allegedly “publicly inciting the commission of a crime” following the union’s call for an academic boycott, Deutsche Welle Turkish Service (DW) reported.  The investigation was prompted after the union supported a university student-led boycott and announced a “one-day service suspension” in protest of the de…

Reacting to the investigation opened against Eğitim Sen, Eğitim Sen Chairman Kemal Irmak stated that they will testify at the Ankara Courthouse tomorrow and asked the Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin, "We will be held accountable, but you buried 11 children with MESEM. How will you be held accountable for this?"

Investigation into Eğitim Sen for "incitement to commit a crime"

In a statement made on the official account of Eğitim-Sen, it was announced that there will be a strike on Tuesday, March 25. The reason for the decision was the investigations into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Ekrem İmamoğlu. The statement, which said, "We are not producing services! We are raising the demand for a university that benefits people, society and nature!", made a street call. The union's call directing students to boy…