Public Health Institutions (January 8, 2025)

While the de facto strike initiated by Family Health Center (FHC) workers continues, on January 8, health workers working in 2nd and 3rd step public health institutions also went on strike demanding an effective violence law to end violence in health, a decent income reflected in retirement without performance and turnover pressure, decent working and living conditions in the earthquake zone, strengthening the 1st step and preventive medicine and establishing a referral chain, and qualified medical specialty education.

As far as we have been able to determine, health workers in at least 37 cities, including Adana, Adıyaman, Afyon, Ankara, Antalya, Antep, Ardahan Balıkesir, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çorum, Denizli, Dersim, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Eskişehir, Giresun, Hakkari, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kocaeli, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Ordu, Samsun, Siirt, Urfa, Uşak and Van participated in the strike.