Turkey
ETI Resources: Country Information: Additional Sources
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Introduction
This page highlights additional free resources which provide detailed information on labour law and practice in Turkey. These are supplementary to generic resources on Turkey - see quicklinks box.
Free resources
1. Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) report on rights violations in Turkey and Eastern Europe (Nov 2005, 51 pages)
Full report title: Workers’ Voices: The situation of women in the Eastern European and Turkish garment industries.
This report by the CCC and the Evangelische Akademie Meissen, features profiles of six countries and valuable insight into key issues for garment workers’ rights in the region. In addition to the information on the garment industry regionally and in relation to the European Union trade regime, details on the industry and working conditions faced by workers in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Romania and Moldova is presented. The report draws upon interviews with 256 workers from 55 workplaces. A list of brand and retailers sourcing from the region is included.
How do I get hold of a copy?
The report is downloadable from the Clean Clothes Campaign website at:
http://www.cleanclothes.org/ftp/05-workers_voices.pdf.
2. Fair Wear Foundation report on labour law and practice in the Turkish garment industry (2004, 72 pages)
Full report title: Background study on Turkey, Version 2004-I: basic information on labour conditions and social auditing in the Turkish garment industry. July 2004.
This report was prepared for the Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives Project, as part of the background research for the Project’s first pilot on the garment sector on Turkey. It builds on an earlier study (2003) commissioned by the Fair Wear Foundation and conducted by researchers from the University of Marmara (Istanbul) and DISK/TEKSTIL (Turkish Textile Workers’ Union, affiliated to the ITGLWF).
The report provides a comprehensive overview of:
- Turkey’s textile and garment industry
- Labour practices/conditions in the sector
- Applicable labour law, broken down into sub-sections relating to each of the 9 principles of the ETI Base Code
- International and Turkish organisations working on labour issues in the country
- Corporate code/compliance activities and programmes in the Turkish garment sector.
How do I get hold of a copy?
The report is downloadable from the Fair Wear Foundation website at: www.fairwear.nl/fairwear_old/Background%20study%20Turkey%2007-2004.pdf
3. SOMO report on Turkey’s position in the global garment industry (2004, 41 pages)
Full report title: Turkey’s position within the global garment industry. Engin Sedat Kaya. SOMO, Amsterdam, 2004.
The report includes a ten-page section on labour law and practice in the industry, focusing on trade union rights, health and safety, and wages. Not as comprehensive or directly relevant as the FWF report, but still useful and includes some additional information, e.g. a table showing actual wage levels in the industry. The author of this report (from TEKSTIL) was also part of the team of researchers preparing the FWF report.
How do I get hold of a copy?
The report is downloadable from the SOMO website at:
www.somo.nl/html/paginas/pdf/Turkey_&_the_global_garmentindustry_2004_EN.pdf
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Turkey): guide to individual labour law in Turkey (2004, 18 pages)
Full report title: A guide to individual labour law in Turkey: 2004 edition.
This booklet, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (Turkey), summarises key aspects of the Turkish Individual Labour Law, including provisions on employment contracts, working hours, annual and maternity leave, and termination of employment.
How do I get hold of a copy?
The booklet is downloadable from the PwC Turkey website at: www.vergiportali.com/english/publications.asp.
Paying resources
No additional paying resources have been identified so far.
Contacts
1. Trade Unions
TEKSIF
Zeki Polat
President
Contact Person: Engin Sedat Kaya
Coordinator of research dep.
Yeni Bosna- Istanbul Branch:
Zafer Mah. Yıldırım Beyazıt Cad.
Göldağı Sok. No:1 Kat:4
Istanbul
Tel: +90 212 653 92 93
Mob. +90 533 650 23 19
enginsedat@ttnet.net.tr
enginsedat@yahoo.com.
TEKSTIL
Süleyman Çelebi
President
Head Office :
Merter, M. Nezhi
Özmen Mah Akçay
Sok No 22/3-4
34018 Güngören
Istanbul
Tel: +90 212 637 29 00
international@disktekstil.org
Contact Person: Asalettin Arslanoglu
Education Manager
Same address
Mob. +90 532 364 13 72
asalettina@hotmail.com.
OZ IPLIK-IS
Yusuf Engin
President
Head Office:
Anıttepe Mahallesi Isık
Sk.No.28
Maltepe- Ankara- Turkey
Tel: +90 312 232 06 07
Fax:+90 312 231 99 95
oziplikis@oziplikis.org.tr
Contact person
Pınar Pehlivanoğlu
pinarp@oziplikis.org.tr.
2. Industry / Employers’ associations or organizations
TGSD (TCMA)
Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Mustafa Mente
General Secretary
mmente@tgsd.org.tr
Lebib Mısırlı
Board member
lebib@mail.koc.net
0212 547 16 61
0532 321 96 93
Mehmet Akif Cad. 1. Sokak
Haydar Akin Is Merkezi 2,
No. 23, K: 5 D: 19
34510 Sirinevler Istanbul
Tel: +90-212-639 76 56
Fax: +90 212 451 61 13/ 03
Sevil Hanım
Secretary of the general secretary
sevil@tgsd.org.tr.
3. NGOs, Labour related, women, community organisations
Women Home-based Workers’ Cooperative
Contact Person (1):
Pervin Oku
President
0555 44 73 093
Ambarli Mah. Bagdar Sk. No:6
Cavusoglu Apt.
Avcılar- Istanbul
Tel:+90 212 695 04 86
Fax: +90 212 320 07 11
avcilarkoop@hotmail.com
ezgi0548@hotmail.com
Contact Person(2)
Nevin Il
Supporter
Mob : +90 532 291 02 04
nevin_il@yahoo.com.
Women Rights at Work Association
Bilge Seckin Cetinkaya
bilgeantigone@yahoo.co.uk
Sule Necef Daldal
sulenecef@yahoo.com.
TUKODER (consumer association)
Ali Er
Chairman
Mob: +90 0533 649 61 97
ali_er@e-kolay.net (we use this
address)
Sukran Eroglu
Board Member
Mob:+90 532 292 57 91
ssukrantr@hotmail.com
Address:
Yogurtcu Sükrü Sokak,
No 53/2
81320 Kadiköy-Istanbul
Tel: +90 216 349 85 10
Fax: +90 216 414 80 68
info@tuketicikoruma.org.
Working Group on Home Based (Women) Workers in Turkey
Nazik Isik
isik.nazik@gmail.com
Asuman Turkun
aturkun@e-kolay.net
Gulcan Kacan
gulcankacan@hotmail.com.
Source: Joint Initiative on Corporate Accountability and Workers' Rights (www.jo-in.org).
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