{"id":897,"date":"2014-01-31T15:18:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2014-02-04T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:36:01","slug":"turkish-trade-unionists-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/turkish-trade-unionists-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish trade unionists on trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_901\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-901\" class=\"size-full wp-image-901 \" alt=\"DSC_0017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0017.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0017.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0017-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KESK leaders standing outside the main courthouse in Istanbul last week.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was in Istanbul for three days last week to attend the opening of the trial of Turkish trade union leaders.<\/p>\n<p>My articles on what I saw have begun appearing in a number of places:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Germany:<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jungle World &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jungle-world.com\/artikel\/2014\/05\/49245.html\">Enthauptung im Palast: Repression gegen kritische Gewerkschafter in Istanbul <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Global:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenDemocracy.net &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/opensecurity\/eric-lee\/turkey-trade-unionism-on-trial\">Turkey: Trade unionism on trial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>UK:<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solidarity &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workersliberty.org\/story\/2014\/01\/29\/turkish-trade-unionists-trial\">Turkish trade unionists on trial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stronger Unions (Trades Union Congress) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/strongerunions.org\/2014\/01\/25\/turkish-trade-unionists-on-trial-the-second-stage-begins\/\">Turkish trade unionists on trial &#8211; the second stage begins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>USA:<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talking Union (DSA Labor Network) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingunion.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/25\/an-attempt-to-decapitate-turkeys-trade-unions-on-trial\/\">An attempt to decapitate: Turkey\u2019s trade unions on\u00a0trial <\/a><\/li>\n<li>(Reprinted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/shankerblog.org\/?p=9475\">ShankerBlog<\/a>, the voice of the Albert Shanker Institute)<\/li>\n<li>Labor Notes &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/blogs\/2014\/02\/turkish-unionists-we-are-not-terrorists\">Turkish unionists: &#8220;We are not terrorists&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>French language:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andy Funnell has translated one of the articles for LabourStart&#8217;s French language blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/fr\/wordpress\/les-syndicalistes-turcs-devant-leurs-juges\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in Istanbul for three days last week to attend the opening of the trial of Turkish trade union leaders. 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