04.08.2021 Ankara
Comprising the Turkey-European Union (EU) Joint Consultative Committee’s (JCC) Turkish wing, HAK-İŞ, MEMUR-SEN, TESK, TÜRK-İŞ, TİSK, Turkey KAMU-SEN, TOBB and TZOB made a joint statement regarding forest fires.
The joint statement
reads:
“We are trade unions
and professional organizations representing Turkey's workers, farmers,
employers, civil servants, tradesmen, merchants, industrialists and producers.
Forest fires have
occurred in different parts of our country throughout last week. Although many
wildfires have been contained, fires are still ongoing in different places.
We pray for the grace
of Allah upon our citizens who lost their lives in the fires. We would like to
express our gratitude to all the teams and citizens who fought hard day and
night to put out the fires.
As always, our country
has the strength, capabilities and opportunities to overcome this difficulty
together. We believe that our country will succeed in ending this fire disaster
as soon as possible, put forward a rapid restoration process and heal all
wounds with state-nation solidarity.
In these difficult
times, we are experiencing days in which to promote unity, solidarity and fraternity,
which increases the fighting power while avoiding actions which would overshadow
the fight by our state.
We stand with our state
and our nation in this struggle to the extent that we are able.
Confederation of Rights
Trade Unions (HAK-İŞ)
Confederation of Civil
Servants' Unions (MEMUR-SEN)
Confederation of
Tradesmen and Craftsmen of Turkey (TESK)
Confederation of Trade
Unions of Turkey (TURK-İŞ)
Confederation of
Employers' Unions of Turkey (TISK)
Confederation of Public
Employees' Unions of Turkey (Turkey KAMU-SEN)
Union of Chambers and
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB)
Union of Agricultural
Chambers of Turkey (TZOB)”