Message from a Turkish trade unionist in prison

(3 September 2012) This is a message from Sincan Prison C-4 Ward Room: 77 ] by the General Secretary of EPSU’s affiliated health union SES (member of the KESK confederation).

In the letter, the General Secretary of SES, the health union of KESK, explains the reasons behind the recent wave of detentions of trade union members from KESK, the public sector trade union confederation in Turkey. It is a message sent from jail. Please send solidarity messages to Mehmet Siddik AKIN Secretary General of the SES,F1 SİNCAN Prison C-4 Ward Room: 77, Turkey or by email to [[email protected] copying [email protected]

EPSU will be participating in the upcoming delegation to Turkey to the audience of the 15 women trade unionists from KESK jailed in February and to show solidarity to the trade unionists jailed. For more info