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The İSİG Assembly's July 2025 report reveals that 204 workers died in Turkey. The report highlights deaths from wildfires, extreme heat, and child labor, bringing the total worker fatalities for the first seven months of 2025 to 1165.

Birleşik Metal-İş Union continues its OHS inspections across 81 provinces to ensure safe working conditions for members. The union's OHS expert and Kocaeli Branch executives conducted extensive examinations at the Çelsantaş workplace in Karabük, emphasizing proactive measures and the critical role of OHS in union efforts.

The May 21, 2025 issue of the Official Gazette has been published. It includes new international agreements with Venezuela and Azerbaijan, fund transfers to the Maarif Foundation, Privatization decisions, and amendments to academic staff norms and occupational health and safety regulations, among many other important provisions.

Memur-Sen President Ali Yalçın met Minister Vedat Işıkhan at OHS Week in Kayseri. Yalçın emphasized the importance of safe working environments, stating that the collective effort and struggle for OHS will continue.

A 16-year-old, Enes Ötünç Temur, died in Kırıkkale after a forklift he was driving overturned. This tragic workplace accident has reignited urgent discussions on child labor and occupational health and safety in Turkey.

The Occupational Health and Safety (ISIG) Assembly warns that 2 million children have been "workerized" through state-backed apprenticeship/internship schemes, resulting in 85 child worker deaths in the first 11 months of 2025.

A fatal workplace accident occurred in Karabük, Turkey, during asphalt work when a truck's dump bed contacted high-voltage lines, killing 37-year-old Servet Kayaoğlu and injuring another worker. The incident sparks renewed debate on job safety negligence.

In a 24-hour period, four workers died and 15 were injured in workplace accidents across Turkey in construction, mining, and factories, highlighting severe safety negligence and insufficient inspections.

DİSK/DevMadenSen reported a silicosis case in Aydın Çine and a fatal workplace incident in Amasya Suluova, stating, "Not fate, not accidents, but murder," drawing attention to severe safety issues in mines.

Mehmet Yardımcı, 17, and Mehmet Işık, 16, two seasonal agricultural workers in Sarıcakaya, Eskişehir, drowned in the Sakarya River while trying to cool off. The incident has brought attention to child labor and the harsh conditions of seasonal workers.

The June 15, 2025 Official Gazette published extensive amendments to regulations of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University's centers for Disaster, Wood Culture, Occupational Health, Black Sea Strategic Research, Academic Attire, Industry Collaboration, and Distance Education.

Yılmaz Kıran, 56, lost his life in İzmir's Ödemiş district after being crushed by a runaway panel van while doing landscaping work. The incident brought the lack of work safety inspections to the forefront.

Steam boiler exploded at Behram Halı factory in Gaziantep 2nd OSB: 7 workers injured. It was claimed that the workers had reported the fault before. Strong reaction to negligence from union and party.

According to SGK's 2024 data, workplace accidents and occupational diseases significantly increased in Turkey, with 1908 workers losing their lives. Construction, transportation, and metal sectors led fatalities, while child and elderly worker deaths are concerning.

Two workers died in Hatay, Antakya, after a trench collapse during wastewater infrastructure work. An investigation has been launched to examine occupational safety negligence and the circumstances of this tragic workplace fatality.

A 28-year-old Mechanical Engineer, Ahmet Bingöl, died in a tragic industrial accident at a solar energy factory in Adana's Kozan OSB. Struck by a machine part, his death reignites debates on workplace safety. A detailed investigation has been launched.

İSİG Assembly reports a shocking 1,566 workplace fatalities in the first nine months of 2025, with 206 deaths in September alone. The highest risks are in agriculture, construction (35% in earthquake zones), and transport.

17-year-old farmer Emre Filik died in a tragic tractor accident in Manisa, Turkey, prompting renewed calls for better safety standards and action against child labor in agriculture. Focus on ROPS structure implementation.

In June 2025, at least 164 workers died in Turkey, bringing the first half's work-related fatality count to 961. The report highlighted causes like falls from height, traffic accidents, and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, emphasizing the tragic plight of child, elderly, female, and migrant workers.

In Çermik, Diyarbakır, three brothers and a cousin died from carbon monoxide poisoning after descending into a well to clean it. The tragedy occurred during a failed attempt to rescue each other after gas leaked from a generator. Source: İSİG Meclisi.

In a tragic work accident in Istanbul, 25-30 year old construction worker Mazlum Deniz from Diyarbakır Kulp died after falling from a height. The incident reignites debates on occupational safety in Türkiye's construction sector.

A service carrying seasonal agricultural workers from Şırnak crashed into a truck in Tarsus, Mersin: 3 people died (Emine İrem Oktan, Maşallah Oktan, Halil Boztoğan), and 16 were injured. The fatal accident renews urgent calls for better worker safety and regulation of seasonal labor transport in Turkey.

The June 30, 2025 Official Gazette (No. 32942) features presidential sentence commutations, revoked university regulations for research centers, and key public tenders from TCDD, municipalities, and universities, alongside judicial and recruitment announcements.

An explosion due to sudden gas discharge at a TPIC drilling well on the Diyarbakır-Batman highway injured 7 workers, including 4 union members. Petrol-İş Union is closely monitoring the situation and demanding a thorough investigation into the occupational safety lapse.