Labourers who took to the streets on May Day said that poverty is the result of the war and that the state should take steps to advance the process of a solution to the Kurdish question.
While banners emphasising socialism were prominent in the May Day celebrations, calls were made to improve the conditions of Abdullah Öcalan for a lasting peace and solution.
Tens of thousands of workers participating in May Day rallies in Aegean cities gave the message that it is time to be united and resist against fascism, olgiarchy and labour exploitation.
Young people marked the May Day celebrations in Tandoğan Square, drawing attention to the lawlessness in the country send following message to the government: "If there is no law, there is the streets."
May Day rally started in Kadıköy with the participation of tens of thousands of people.
Addressing thousands of workers in Amed, KESK co-chair Ahmet Karagöz said, "We demand a geography where equal citizenship and peace prevail."
The masses have started to gather at two different points for the May Day rally to be held at Kadıköy Rıhtım Square. Labourers shouting their demands for "labour, peace and democracy" are waiting for the time of the march.
1 May Worker's Day rallies to be held in many cities were called for participation.
Family physicians announced 9 demands by stopping work against the Regulation on Family Medicine, which they described as a "torture regulation".
Turkey, where workers, pensioners, women, youth and children are struggling to survive in poverty, will welcome the year 2025 with at least 11 million 246 unemployed.
Health workers demanding the cancellation of the “Family Medicine Contract and Payment Regulation” have called for a work stoppage to be held on November 5-6-7.
According to the data of Istanbul Planning Agency, one out of every 3 students goes to school hungry.
Police threatened workers who were fired for unionizing and demanded their jobs back, saying: “If I detain you, your children will not be able to find jobs even if they are smart.”
Lawyers have been banned for union leaders and miners who were detained while marching in support of laid-off miners in Soma.
Workers at the MKB Rondo factory in the Kimyacılar Industrial Estate in Tuzla have announced that they have started a strike.