Beltur workers taken into custody in Istanbul
Workers who were dismissed from Beltur, a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and have been on strike for 18 days, were detained by the police during a chained protest they held today.
Three workers, members of Dev Turizm-İş, affiliated with the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), were dismissed on June 17 due to “WhatsApp posts and low performance.”
The workers, who stated that they were unfairly and unlawfully dismissed, have been organizing various protests since that date to demand their rights.
Today, in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building, workers holding signs that read “We were unlawfully dismissed, we want justice,” “We want our jobs back,” and “We demanded our rights, we were dismissed” staged a chained protest, chanting slogans such as “Beltur workers are not alone” and “Where are rights, law, and justice?”
Police intervened in the protest and cut the chains with bolt cutters, detaining a total of 7 union members, including 3 who had been dismissed.
