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Cooperatives

Meetings and field visits in Ankara, Şanlıurfa and Harran to support Syrians and local communities through cooperatives

Cooperatives

ILO workshop highlights importance of cooperatives in creation of decent jobs for waste pickers

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples - 9 August 2016

National OSH Profile has been published.

Report Findings

Gender-sensitive labour market situation in Ankara, İstanbul and Bursa revealed in recently released reports

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

Joint workshop by ILO Office for Turkey and Syrian Friendship Association: Syrian Workers’, Employers’ and Entrepreneurs’ Problems...

5th anniversary of ILO Convention No 189

Who cares for the carers?

On International Domestic Workers’ Day, some good news on protecting vulnerable workers in the home - An OP-ED on the Domestic Workers Convention by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General.

Human Rights

Women in Ankara and Bursa receive their ‘human rights training’ certificates under ILO project

Some 409 women who participated to Ankara Altındağ and Bursa Osmangazi Municipalities’ occupation building courses under the project “More and Better Jobs for Women” implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and successfully...

Child Labour

End Child Labour in Supply Chains- It’s Everyone’s Business!

2016 World Day Against Child Labour calls all fronts for joint action against child labour in supply chains.

10th European Regional Meeting, 2017

Memorandum of Understanding Signed by the Government of Turkey and the ILO

Mr Ahmet Erdem, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey, and Mr Heinz Koller, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of the ILO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the 10th European...

World Humanitarian Summit 2016

Event highlights decent work in addressing Syrian refugee crisis

A high-level ILO side event held in Istanbul underlines the role of decent work in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis.

Women's Empowerment

Turkey’s first Action Plan focusing on women’s employment was introduced to the public on May 17th

The Action Plan on Women’s Employment is a policy document developed under the project “More and Better Jobs for Women” implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) is a policy document comprising...

Institutional Announcement

International Labour Office for Turkey (ILO) in Ankara announces its intention to sell an office vehicle

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

Outlook of Employers and Workers in Şanlıurfa to the Employment of Syrians

A field research has been carried out in cooperation with ILO Office for Turkey, Harran University and Karacadağ Development Agency in order to analyze the outlook of employers and workers to the employment of Syrians in Şanlurfa.

Gender Equality

Public investments in social care contribute to women’s employment

Findings from the survey report “Effects of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality and Poverty: Case of Turkey” prepared with the support of International Labour Organization (ILO) were released during a meeting...

ILO calls for increased awareness and a collective effort regarding workplace stress

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated on 28 April 2016 with the theme “Workplace stress: a collective challenge”. A new ILO report on the subject highlights the need to recognize the prevalence of psychosocial hazards at the...

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

Syrian refugees received vocational training certificates within the framework of ILO's projects

46 graduates received Welding and CNC programming training certificates as part of ILO’s projects for Syrian refugees and host communities jointly carried out with District Governorate of Harran, the South-eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Regional...

Gender Equality

Winners of ILO-sponsored short film competition announced

The first prize in the short documentary film contest goes to short film “Hanımeli” about a 76 years old woman who has been doing auto tire business for 35 years starting with the motto “If a woman can be a judge, magistrate or doctor, why not a...

Occupational Safety and Health

ILO Conventions on Safety and Health in Construction and Mining enter into force for Turkey

As part of the efforts to improve safety and health in the hazardous sectors of mining and construction, the Government is now bound to apply the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167) and the Safety and Health in Mining...

Children Working on the Streets

Workshops for Ankara Action Plan on Children Working in Streets were held on 22-23 February and 4 March in collaboration with the ILO and...