I was in Istanbul for three days last week to attend the opening of the trial of Turkish trade union leaders.

My articles on what I saw have begun appearing in a number of places:

Germany:

• Jungle World – Enthauptung im Palast: Repression gegen kritische Gewerkschafter in Istanbul

Global:

• OpenDemocracy.net – Turkey: Trade unionism on trial

UK:

• Solidarity – Turkish trade unionists on trial
• Stronger Unions (Trades Union Congress) – Turkish trade unionists on trial – the second stage begins

USA:

• Talking Union (DSA Labor Network) – An attempt to decapitate: Turkey’s trade unions on trial
• (Reprinted in the ShankerBlog, the voice of the Albert Shanker Institute)
• Labor Notes – Turkish unionists: “We are not terrorists”

French language:

• Andy Funnell has translated one of the articles for LabourStart’s French language blog, here.