Step forward for TU rights in Turkey

The European Trade Union Confederation welcomed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of İsmail Sezer v. Turkey (application no. 36807/07) as a small but important step forward for trade union rights in Turkey.

The case concerned a disciplinary measure taken against a teacher, who held office in a trade union, for

taking part in a panel discussion organised by a political party. The Court found that the reprimand imposed on Mr Sezer constituted a restriction of his freedom of association.

Mr Sezer took part in a meeting organised by a political party in his capacity as an officer of a trade union branch” said Veronica Nilsson, Confederal Secretary at the ETUC “not as a teacher and civil servant. To discipline him for that is a clear attack on trade union rights. The judgement of the European Court of Human Rights is a small but important step forward for trade union rights in Turkey.

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