Turquía - Trade unionists restricted in their freedom of movement within the country and abroad

Mr. Deniz Akıl, the Ankara branch manager of the Public Sector Trade Union (BES), was banned from travelling outside the Ankara province and an order was issued to place electronic handcuffs on him. Furthermore, the secretary of the Women’s Confederation, Ms. Gülistan Atasoy, and the General Secretary of Education and Science Workers’ Union (EĞİTİM SEN), Mesut Fırat, are among the dismissed civil servants whose passports have been confiscated and thus they are banned from travelling abroad. For this reason, the executives of those unions are also unable to attend international trade union activities.