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This blog post was written by Serter Oran, a research fellow and PhD Candidate at the University of Ankara, Turkey.
It is hard to diagnose and recognise an occupational disease (OD) because the diagnosis must prove the occupational factors which caused it.
A report released in June 2014 by Clean Clothes Campaign shows that garment workers in Eastern Europe and Turkey are paid poverty wages and many have to work second or third jobs to be able to live. More information about the Clean Clothes Campaign is on the website .
(Turkish with English subtitles) A documentary about the lives of waste pickers in a garbage dump in Turkey. Burak Türten was born in Ankara, 1990. He completed his primary and secondary school in Ankara. He entered to Erciyes University, Communication Faculty Radio, Cinema and Television. He...
Abstract: This study investigates the formal/informal employment earnings gap in Turkey. We further examine the extent of earnings differentials that can be explained by observable characteristics and unobservable time-invariant individual heterogeneity. First, we estimate the standard Mincer...
Abstract: Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market...
Abstract: In this study, we consider how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. The empirical analysis consists of developing three alternative definitions of labor informality, and exploring the relevance and implications of each for the Turkish labor market using...
This is a study of Istanbul's periodic bazaars and an attempt to place them in the context of contestation over urban space, urban poverty and informality. The periodic bazaars in the city are either disappearing or being moved to the outskirts. These trends reflect and reproduce spatial unevenness...
Abstract: The economic liberalization policies that started in the early 1980s marked a turn in Turkey’s growth strategy by shifting it from import substitution to export orientation. Since then, the garment industry has been one of the top exporters, drawing on women as the main suppliers of...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.