How Turkish workers spend Labour Day #1mayıs

Ankara - Trade unions and other groups are staging rallies around the world to mark International Workers' Day. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to prevent demonstrators from entering Taksim square in Istanbul.

Erdogan purges 4000 more public workers ahead of Labour Day.
A total of 3,974 civil servants were fired on Saturday from several ministries and judicial bodies, and 45 civil society groups and health clinics were shut down, according to a decree published in Turkey’s official gazette.

3 workers killed as concrete forms collapse in northern Turkey mosque construction, vestnikkavkaza reported on 30th April.
Six workers were trapped inside a mosque under construction in Turkey's northern Samsun province after concrete forms collapsed, resulting in the deaths of three workers, Daily Sabah reports.

The incident took place approximately at 12:00 p.m. local time when concrete was being poured at a mosque construction site in Atakum district. Ambulances, firefighters and units from the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) were dispatched to the scene.

Initially six workers were trapped under the concrete forms. Three workers were rescued under the rubble with injuries.

Rescue teams later reached the dead bodies of three workers.

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