UNITE leader Sharon Graham: Only organised workers can move politicians

Sharon Graham, the first woman general secretary of the UNITE the union, said that only organised workers can move politicians in Britain.

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UNITE leader Sharon Graham: Only organised workers can move politicians

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Communist MP Aida Touma-Suleiman from Israel’s Knesset spoke to Evrensel: “We must stop this crazy war!”

Communist MP Aida Touma-Suleiman from Israel’s Knesset spoke to Evrensel: “We must stop this crazy war!”

Aida Touma-Suleiman, a member of the Israeli Parliament since 2015 and also a member of the Israeli Communist Party spoke to Evrensel: “We want to stop the war immediately.”


EMEP Chair Selma Gürkan: The way to change is struggle and organisation

EMEP Chair Selma Gürkan: The way to change is struggle and organisation

EMEP Chair Selma Gürkan answered our questions about the minimum wage negotiations, the obstacle of the union bureaucracy in front of the working class, the elections and the AKP's economic policies.


EMEP Chairperson Selma Gürkan: We will rely on our organized power and determination

EMEP Chairperson Selma Gürkan: We will rely on our organized power and determination

Because this election is not a race between two candidates, in the routine of politics and under democratic conditions. Every vote is a vote to take another step towards closing the road to fascism.


We asked to EMEP vice chair Selma Gürkan: Which phase is the work of 7 parties and associations at?

We asked to EMEP vice chair Selma Gürkan: Which phase is the work of 7 parties and associations at?

We discussed which phase the work of the table of 7 is at, what they want to do, and their goals with Selma Gurkan, vice chair of EMEP.


"War reflects on laborers as explotation, poverty and usurpation of their rights"

"War reflects on laborers as explotation, poverty and usurpation of their rights"

Member of DİSK Board of Directors and Gıda-İş Chairperson, Seyit Aslan says workers get more impoverished as billions of dollars of funds get transferred to war efforts under the pretext of “defence and security.”


Selahattin Demirtaş: The party they wanted to liquidate has come to the point of liquidating their rule

Selahattin Demirtaş: The party they wanted to liquidate has come to the point of liquidating their rule

Former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who is still in prison despite the ECHR decision, spoke to Evrensel: “The party they wanted to liquidate has now come to the point of liquidating the AKP-MHP government.”


TTB Chair Sebnem Koru Fincancı: Healthcare worker deaths show importance of vaccination

TTB Chair Sebnem Koru Fincancı: Healthcare worker deaths show importance of vaccination

TTB Chair Sebnem Korur Fincanci pointed out that the reemergence of healthcare worker deaths once again demonstrated the importance of vaccination.


Political scientist Dr. Dinçer Demirkent: Accountability tools have been abolished

Political scientist Dr. Dinçer Demirkent: Accountability tools have been abolished

Political scientist Dr. Dinçer Demirkent: Another thing that this regime actually created for a long time is a sense of irresponsibility. Giving no account, abolishing accountability tools. That's the main issue.


Shop Steward Ferdi Gülkırmızı: We will turn every factory into a May Day rally

Shop Steward Ferdi Gülkırmızı: We will turn every factory into a May Day rally

As Gebze Association of Trade Unions, we said that if we cannot celebrate 1 May in the squares, then we will turn every factory in which we are organized into a May Day rally.


Prof. Dr.  İbrahim Kaboğlu: They want to add legitimacy to the illegitimate constitutional order

Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kaboğlu: They want to add legitimacy to the illegitimate constitutional order

There is a serious, devious trap as far as the inviolable articles are concerned and a serious concealment. This is the stifling of Turkey’s thirst and pluralism as it strives for democracy.


Turkey’s Labour Youth representative: The youth needs determined communists like Erdal Eren

Turkey’s Labour Youth representative: The youth needs determined communists like Erdal Eren

We talked with Labour Youth executive committee member Ekin Yoldaş Kalı about the Young Communist Erdal Eren, his struggle and today's youth struggle on the 40th anniversary of his execution.


EMEP Chair Ercüment Akdeniz: Workers and labourers need a programme of their own, separated from capital's programme

EMEP Chair Ercüment Akdeniz: Workers and labourers need a programme of their own, separated from capital's programme

Ercüment Akdeniz who is elected as the chair of the Labour Party of Turkey (EMEP) at the 9th Congress calls on all workers and labourers to fight together.


Ayhan Bilgen: The opposition must quite manifestly debate the programme that will give direction to the future

Ayhan Bilgen: The opposition must quite manifestly debate the programme that will give direction to the future

Kars Municipality Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen responded to Evrensel’s questions from jail: In such periods, the opposition, rather than the politics of tension through polemics, must promote discussion of its own alternative proposals for solution.


Former European Court of Human Rights judge Rıza Türmen: Judges being pressurized in Turkey

Former European Court of Human Rights judge Rıza Türmen: Judges being pressurized in Turkey

Unity for Democracy spokesperson and former European Court of Human Rights judge Rıza Türmen said, “There is a wish to pressurize judges so the Constitutional Court does not pass rulings that anger the government.”


Turkish Medical Association Chair Sinan Adıyaman: You’re kidding no one anymore over the epidemic

Turkish Medical Association Chair Sinan Adıyaman: You’re kidding no one anymore over the epidemic

Turkish Medical Association (TMA) Central Council Chair Sinan Adıyaman, pointing out that even Covid-19 figures released by various officials in the provinces were above Ministry date, said, “You’re kidding no one anymore.”


Prof. Dr. Mesut Yeğen: A solution-focused approach is important for the support of Kurds

Prof. Dr. Mesut Yeğen: A solution-focused approach is important for the support of Kurds

We spoke to Prof. Dr. Mesut Yeğen about politics, elections and their relationship with the Kurdish issue: A programme whose sole aim is ditching Erdoğan may not enthuse the Kurdish citizenry sufficiently to get 51 per cent.


Lee Chun-Fung, an activist from Hong Kong: The movement should discuss ideology

Lee Chun-Fung, an activist from Hong Kong: The movement should discuss ideology

According to Lee, the demand for “more autonomy” is more prevalent within the movement than is “independence”. Although right wingers do not dominate the movement, they are gaining strength.


Challenges and opportunities of organising workers during and after Covid-19

Challenges and opportunities of organising workers during and after Covid-19

We have discussed opportunities and challenges in front of workers and their fighting structures during and after Covid-19, with trade unionists Erkan Ersoy and Florentin Iancu.


Asst. Prof. Emrah Altındiş: If quarantine is not enforced, we will lose 1 person in every 10 minutes

Asst. Prof. Emrah Altındiş: If quarantine is not enforced, we will lose 1 person in every 10 minutes

"When we look at today's numbers in Turkey, we are losing 1 citizen every 15 minutes. If this trend continues and quarantine is not implemented, we will lose one person in 10 minutes, then maybe in 5 minutes."


Selma Gürkan: Capitalism does not solve the problems it has created, the solution is the rule of workers

Selma Gürkan: Capitalism does not solve the problems it has created, the solution is the rule of workers

Labour Party (EMEP) President Selma Gürkan talked about the Covid 19 pandemic, the situation in the factories and the ongoing discussions about the system.


Associate Professor Çağhan Kızıl: Covid-19 is not an illness of the aged, everybody is in the risk group

Associate Professor Çağhan Kızıl: Covid-19 is not an illness of the aged, everybody is in the risk group

Associate Professor Çağhan Kızıl, working on neuroscience and genetics in the Dresden University Medical Faculty, answered our questions on the coronavirus pandemic.


Dr Fatih Yaşlı: The people will pay the price for the AKP’s Libya tactic

Dr Fatih Yaşlı: The people will pay the price for the AKP’s Libya tactic

We spoke to Dr Fatih Yaşlı about the Military Cooperation Agreement with Libya that gained parliamentary approval with AKP and MHP votes.


Şebnem Korur Fincancı assessed Turkey’s human rights’ report card

Şebnem Korur Fincancı assessed Turkey’s human rights’ report card

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey President Şebnem Korur Fincancı assesses Turkey’s human rights’ report card: We used to say it had flunked the grade but we have now been expelled from the group of countries that have relatively democratic practices


Political Scientist Sinan Birdal: Ukraine's future may look like Cyprus

Political Scientist Sinan Birdal: Ukraine's future may look like Cyprus

"Turkey has also experienced a certain isolation regarding Cyprus, negotiations have been brought before it. Not even Azerbaijan does. However, it has had a military and administrative presence on the island for 50 years."