Turkish Workers Planning Massive Anti-Government Rallies This Month

Secretary-General of the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions of Turkey (the Devrimci Isci Sendikalari Konfederasyonu – DISK) Arzou Cherkezoglu announced that Turkish workers plan to stage massive rallies against the policies of the Ankara government in November,according to FNA.

“The campaign of resistance against the Turkish government’s slaveholding and cruelties has started by staging rallies in Istanbul and Ankara and the campaign will continue across Turkey in November,” Cherkezoglu told FNA on Saturday.

 “Now is the time for action and all the workers affiliated to the DISK will hold rallies in all Turkish cities,” she added.

Cherkezoglu called on other workers and employees’ syndicates to join the campaign against the policies of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government on workers and other domestic issues.

Different Turkish politicians have also deplored the performance of the Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on both foreign and domestic political scenes as a complete fiasco.

Speaking to FNA in August, Deputy Head of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party Emin Haluk Ayhan pointed to Erdogan’s performance, and underlined that the prime minister has created a mess both in and outside Turkey.

Ayhan said the ruling party’s main concern now is remaining in power, and the party is having hard days trying to win the people’s trust and support for the reelection of Erdogan as prime minister once again

Turkey has been the scene of political unrests in recent months due to the government’s suppression of the people.

The Gezi Park demonstrations began in Turkey’s biggest city of Istanbul as a peaceful sit-in aiming to preserve the park on May 31 but soon snowballed into a national movement against Erdogan’s leadership due to the government’s harsh crackdown.

Clashes between police and protesters across the country have killed at least five people, including a policeman, and injured some 5,000.

Turkey has also widely been criticized for its interference in the internal affairs of neighboring Syria.

In recent months, thousands of the Turkish people took to the streets in different cities to protest against their government’s interference in Syria.

M.D