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LABOUR UNIONS IN STRIKE TO SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

Tens of thousands of public sector workers in Turkey are now on a "warning strike" in support of anti-government protests...

The strike was y'day(6.03) called by the Confederation of Public Workers Unions(KESK) in response to "state terror implemented against mass protests across the country". It said that "Erdogan's islamist clerical fascist regime" had "shown once again its deep rooted enmity to democracy"...
 

KESK, which has an estimated 240,000 members in 11 unions, said the strike would last for two days and will send the message, that "this is not just about youth on the streets, this is not just about a park or individual demands - this is about something bigger, about democracy".
 

The strike comes in the wake of five days of mass protests against the Islamic-rooted government of Erdogan. At least two people have died in the demonstrations and more than 1,700 were injured. Meanwhile the Turkish Human Rights Foundation stated that more than 1,000 protesters were subjected "to ill-treatment and torture" by police and secret service agents.

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