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ILO Office for Turkey delivers “Training for Change-Makers” for a world of work in line with ILO Violence and Harassment Convention (No....

The training of trainers (ToT) aimed to equip participants with knowledge and skills enabling them to assume transformative roles both at policy level and in practice within their own organizations as well as with partners to prevent violence and...

Going green could create 300,000 new jobs for the Turkish economy by 2030

A new report by UNDP and ILO sees dramatic economic benefits in shifting new investment from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.

The New Youth Employment Report is out!

By its message of “Let’s Pay Dues to Domestic Workers”, ILO Office for Türkiye calls support for ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention

At the event of 23 June 2022 at Beyoğlu Cinema Museum in Istanbul, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Türkiye drew attention to domestic workers’ problems and quest for rights, and called support for ILO’s Domestic Workers...

ILO holds an orientation session on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

During the two day orientation session, organized by ILO COOP Unit and the STATISTICS Department, ILO staff, partners and representatives from national advisory committees for the five country case studies discussed the best way forward in...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Melih Toprak and Fatih Polattimur, Trade Experts at the Turkish Ministry of Trade

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this...

ILO and TKDF join forces against gender-based violence at work

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey and Federation of Women Associations of Turkey (TKDF) will engage in joint activities to combat gender-based violence in the world of work, raise awareness for prevention of gender-based...

ILO and EUD high-level visit to Konya

Mr. Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey, and His Excellency Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, paid field visits to Konya for on-site review of activities under “Opportunities for Lives Project”...

ILO Turkey Office renews its call for Ratification of Violence and Harassment Convention (C190)

Speaking at the event on preventing violence in the world of work, Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey, stated that social partners, private sector and civil society were already mobilized and working to implement the Convention,...

2022 Report of the CEACR

Summary of Observations on ratified Conventions related to Turkey

C098 - Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

Press Release

16,770 beneficiaries to access social security with the partnership of the ILO and SSI

Press Release

ILO’s efforts to combat informality intensify with three more Information Centers opened in Şanlıurfa, Adana and Konya

Occupational Safety and Health Training Provided to Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Training sessions in Mersin and Adana informed seasonal agricultural workers on proper lifting, insect bites, protection against sunstroke and pesticides.

News

A Helmet and Two Wheels

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey held a launch event on 10 December 2021 to present its recent “Analysis of Psychosocial Risks for Employees of Delivery Sector Focusing on Motorcycle-Couriers” that investigated the...

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Transition to Formality Programme (KİGEP) promotes social protection for all

World Children's Day 2021

A closer look at ILO Turkey’s work to prevent children from work in seasonal agriculture

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ILO promotes decent work for all as the foundation of inclusive, productive and peaceful societies

More people in decent jobs means stronger, inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Improved growth means more resources to create decent jobs.

Results-Based Management Training Delivered to National Technical Team for Effectively Monitoring Turkey’s First Action Plan on Women’s...

Two-day training on “Results-Based Management (RBM)” was delivered to the members of the National Technical Team (NTT) to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of Turkey’s first Action Plan on Women’s Employment focusing on women’s...

ILO Voices | Skills for Youth

From war to peace: A refugee’s journey to a new life with new skills

Morshed Ali, 24 arrived in Turkey seven years ago after fleeing the war in Syria. He had to learn a new language, new skills and adapt to life in a foreign country. Yet he overcame the odds and graduated as an architect four years later.

COOP Champions

Ayşe Turunç Kankal, ILO Office for Turkey in Ankara

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...