• INDEPENDENT LABOUR UNIONS (A - M)
  
  • BANKSIS
  • BANKSI-SEN
  • BAYSEN
  • BEYSEN-IS
  • BIL-IS
  • CESEN
  • DENIZ-IS
  • DOKU ÖR-IS
  • ENSAN-IS
  • EMEK TARIM-IS
  • EVRIM-IS
  • GIYIM-IS
  • HAVA ULASTIRMA ISCILERI SENDIKASI
  • ILKIM-IS
  • INSAN-IS
  • INUS-IS
  • KALIP-IS
  • KAPI-SEN
  • KONUT IS
  • METSAN-IS
  • MUZIK-SEN
  
  
• INDEPENDENT LABOUR UNIONS (N - Z)
  • ÖZ KAPI-SEN
  • SIHHAT-IS
  • SDS
  • TEK METAL-IS
  • TERMO PLASTIK-IS
  • TÖBGIS
  • TURKON-IS
  • TYS
  • ULU EMEK SENDIKASI
  • YAPI-IS
  • YAPSAN-IS
  • YENI BURO-SEN
  • YENI CIMSER-SEN
  • YENI OLEY-SEN
  • YENI YAPI-SEN
  • [Unions, only registered in the Police Department]

INDEPENDENT LABOUR UNIONS (A - M)

BANKSIS

(BANKA VE SIGORTA ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF BANK AND INSURANCE WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on August 12, 1983 to operate in the banking and insurance branch; affiliated to (International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees) and CMT (World Confederation of Labour).

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Yilmaz Sengözer, I. Semih Özen, F. Kutsal Özer, H. Ethem Yarkin, M. Teoman Telatar, Sener Makaroglu, Semsettin Poyraz and Arif Özergene, who also made up the temporary board of the union.

The union held general assembly meetings: in December 1983, August 1986. 9-10.1988, 13-14.5.1989, 8-9.6.1991, 12-13.12.1992 (extraordinary) and 26-27.6.1993, 15.10.1994 (extraordinary) and 1-2.7.1995. The board elected at the last congress is composed of Semih Özen (chairman), Abdülkadir Ulutas, Abdullah Usta, Ahmet Unsan, Hüseyin Sisman and Orhan Sagiroglu.

Banksis was established through the amalgamation of two unions: Akmen and Tüm Bank-Is which were organized in Akbank and Töbank, respectively.

By 1986 the union had 10 branches in Adana, Ankara, Beyoglu, Bursa, Erzurum, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Trabzon and Thrace. After 1988, in addition to Akbank and Töbank, the union also organized in the insurance company Aksigorta.

At present the union is endeavouring to organize the employees at Garanti Bank. It has a total of 9 branches (2 in Istanbul, 2 in the Black Sea region, 2 in Ankara and one each in Cukurova, Izmir and Bursa), but no periodical publications.

The union reported 12,935 members in January 1984 and there were no significant changes in its membership until July 1989, when Töbank closed and its membership dropped to 8,927. It reported 14,093 members in 1996 and 15,291 in 1997.

BANKSI-SEN

(BANKA VE SIGORTA ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF BANK AND INSURANCE WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on February 28, 1964 to operate in the banking branch, originally under the name of Türk Bank-Is (Union of Employers of Türk Bank).

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Mustafa Asim Saroglu, Cahit Aybek, Ekrem Bolel, Sadik Sigin, Zeki Tolun, Hayrettin Özkartal, Ahmet Cihat Tolon, Muzaffer Celikman, Ilhan Baran, Serpil Alpaslan, Sevim Aksit and Irfan Yener.

It held general assembly meetings on: 18.6.1966, 5.5.1968, 18.3.1969, 30.5.1970, 25.6.1972, 23.6.1974, 19.6.1976, 24.6.1978, 26-27.6.1980, 14.7.1982, 26.10.1983, 13-14.12.1986 and 13.12.1992. Celal Balabanli is the chairman and Alptekin Saglam is general secretary.

The name of the union was changed to its present form at the congress in 1983.

In January 1972 the union reported that it was affiliated to BANKSIF (Federation of Bank and Insurance Employees of Turkey) and that it had 3028 members, 952 of them women. Its membership was 7340 in July 1986, 8053 in January 1989 and 8698 in July 1990. According to Ministry of Labour statistics, it had 5,545 members in January 1984, 10,797 in 1996 and 11,037 in 1997.

BAYSEN

(BAYINDIRLIK ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Ankara on April 18, 1967 to operate in the construction branch; affiliated to the WFTU member International of Workers in Construction and Construction Materials.

The union was founded by Sadi Özgün (temporary chairman), Ergun Onat, Ali Karakök, Ergun Yalim, Leyla Yanilmaz and Nurtan Onur.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 19.4.1968, 25.10.1969, 17.2.1972, 12.5.1972 (extraordinary), 12.5.1973, 27.8.1974 (extraordinary), 25-26.5.1977, 30-31.8-1.9.1979, in 1991, and on 11-12.4.1992. The board elected at the last congress was composed of M. Ali Polat (chairman), Macit Gününoglu, Mustafa Tari, Yavuz Aslibay and Ismet Cinbis.

Baysen was originally an enterprise union, founded by workers at the Construction Department of the Ministry of Public Works. In 1974 it decided to affiliate to DISK and the name of the union was changed so that it could organize construction workers in general.

In 1975 when 6 workers at the Ministry of Public Works were dismissed, all union members at this workplace stopped work and organized a 9-day sit-in, erecting tents in the garden of the enterprise. The action ended with the reemployment of the 6 workers. In the same year three foreign companies fired 15 workers from the Iraq-Iskenderun pipeline construction in order to prevent the organization of the union at the workplace. As a consequence, 804 workers started a resistance involving various job actions. The resistance lasted for three months and ended with the signing of a collective labour contract and the reinstatement of dismissed workers. A theatre group in Ankara wrote and staged a very successful play about this action under the name of „804 Workers".

Later that year the union succeeded in overcoming the repressions of the employer at the road construction between Elbistan-Kapidere in order to obstruct the organization of the workers after a 15-day action by 300 workers.

In 1977 the bulletin issued by the union was closed by the authorities on the grounds that the necessary permissions had not been obtained.

The congress in 1977 made significant contributions to the growth of the union, which began to flourish after that date both quantitatively and qualitatively.

In March 1978 the independent Konut-Is union decided to join Baysen.

In 1979 Baysen was expelled temporarily from DISK, together with Maden-Is, Bank-Sen and Yeralti Maden-Is.

Baysen affiliated to the International of Workers in Construction and Construction Materials in 1979 and after this year placed a greater stress on its relations with international trade unions.

Baysen defended direct democracy in the union. As a consequence, it formulated the demands in its collective negotiations by means of questionnaires filled by the members, and the draft agreements were afterwards discussed at member meetings before the negotiations with the employers were initiated. Some of the agreements that it signed a short time before the military coup in 1980 were the most advanced collective labour contracts of that time with respect to both economic and democratic gains.

The union was closed by the military government in 1980, and some of its leaders were arrested and served long prison terms. Baysen was reopened in 1991.

The union was expelled from DISK in January 1996 on the grounds that it did not conduct any activities and had not convened its general assembly within the legal period.

The formalities for the liquidation of the union that were started in 1996 are still in progress.

The two publications of the union, the biweekly „Baysen Özel Sayi" and the weekly „Haber Bülteni", have also been discontinued.

The union reported 2,337 members in 1974, 2,150 in 1977, 14,540 in 1979 and 6,500 in the 1980’s. It reported 17 members in 1996.

BEYSEN-IS

(BARAJ, ENERJI, SU VE GAZ ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF DAM ENERGY WATER AND GAS WORKERS

Labour union founded in Ankara on April 21, 1992 to operate in the energy branch; affiliated to Türk Ulke-Is (Federation of Nationalist and Labourer Unions of Turkey).

The union is based in Ankara and was founded by Bayram Sökmen (temporary chairman), Tahsin Hizli, Kemal Basegmez, Atilla Yildiz, Hasan Sökmen, Bahri Aslan and Ziya Öztürkler.

In May 1992 official investigations revealed that the leaders of the union were also among the founders of Anayol-Is and Bes-Is unions, Bayram Sökmen was also the chairman of the latter union, and that the foundation documentation of Beysen-Is and Anayol-Is were almost identical. However, the labour court rejected a lawsuit on grounds of insufficient evidence.

In January 1994 the union leaders were again indicted for not having convened the general assembly meeting within the legal 6-month period. This case is still on trial.

The union has not any organizational activity.

BIL-IS

(BILGI ISLEM ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF DATA PROCESSING WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on December 3, 1968 to operate in the trade, office, education and fine arts branch, originally under the name of Union of Data Processing Workers of Turkey.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by 51 employees in computer firms.

At its first congress on 6.12.1968 Mehmet Baser was elected as chairman, Ugur Aker as general secretary, and Haydar Kirac and Ismail Karadeniz as deputy chairman.

The extraordinary general assembly held on 12.2.1972 decided to move its headquarters to Ankara. At the congress on 15.7.1972, it was converted into a national union and its name was changed to Union of Data Processing Workers. In 1979 it had a branch in Istanbul. The union headquarters moved back to Istanbul in 1982. The board elected at the last congress (in 1994) is composed of Aylin Kahyaoglu (chairman), Mesude Kumbasar, Erhan Karamehmetoglu, Gürsel Yavuz, Levent Durdu.

The union reported 78 members as of end-1970, 86 as of February 1972 and 126 as of May 1974. It reported 310 members in 1996.

CESEN

(CELIK YAPI ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on December 22, 1976 to operate in the metal branch.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Ahmet Sezgin, Salih Erkul, Sabahattin Akkaya and 19 other workers.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 9.12.1979, 6.5.1983 and 12.12.1992. The board elected at the last congress was composed of Ahmet Sezgin (chairman), Coskun Akkaya, E. Selami Ziylan, Sengül Tuncer, A. Coskun Ortac, Müjgan Öktem and Erol Kugu.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications.

It reported 120 members (3 women) as of July 1979, 271 in 1995 and 246 in 1997.

DENIZ-IS

(SEYYAR TAHMIL VE TAHLIYE ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF ITINERANT LOADING AND UNLOADING

WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Izmir in 1973 to operate in the sea transport branch, originally under the name of Independent Union of Itinerant Loading and Unloading Workers in the Aegean Region.

The union is based in Izmir and was founded by Nuri Karatas, Sadik Cakan, Mustafa Yilgin, Kamil Isikli, Hasan Kilinc, Murat Günel and Hüseyin Yilmaz.

The union held general assembly meetings on 2.10.1983 (extraordinary meeting), 18.1.1987 (extraordinary meeting), 14.1.1990 and 23.1.1993. The board elected at the last congress and still in office consists of M. Cem Günaltay (chairman), Ali Danaci (vice-chairman) and Dilber Özcan (general secretary).

The union took a decision to organize on a national level in 1983 and changed its name to Türkiye Deniz-Is, but the word „Türkiye" was dropped in 1987 when it was warned by the Ministry of Labour that the use of these epithets was subject to the permission of the Council of Ministers.

Pursuant to the Regulations for Industrial Branches promulgated in 1983, the operational field of the union was changed to the storage and warehouses branch.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications. It reported 185 members as of July 1995.

DOKU ÖR-IS

(DOKUMA VE ÖRME ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF WEAVING AND KNITWEAR WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Ankara on January 12, 1976 to operate in the textile branch, originally under the name of Ankara Union of Weaving and Knitwear Workers.

The union is based in Ankara and was founded by Orhan Aksoylar (temporary chairman), Ihsan Saracbasi, Yakup Yakar, Sükran Arican, Imran Aksoylar, Yasar Tontu, Nursen Yegen and Kenan Bozdogan.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 1.9.1977 (extraordinary meeting), 24.3.1979, 4.7.1982, 24-25.12.1983 (extraordinary), 30.5.1988 (extraordinary), 9-10.12.1989 and 5-6.12.1992. The last congress elected Ibrahim Suveren as chairman, M. Safa Unlü as general secretary and Ramazan Karadeniz as finance secretary. Ramazan Karadeniz resigned from his office on 9.12.1994 and was replaced by Lütfiye Boztepe.

Türk-Is affiliate Teksif union, which is organized in the same branch, sent a letter to the Ministry of Labour on 2.2.1976 claiming that Doku-Ör-Is was a bogus union that was founded by an employer associated with the employer of a workplace where all the workers organized by Teksif were fired. The Ministry replied that there was nothing in the status of Doku-Ör-Is infracting the legal provisions.

In 1983 the word „Ankara" in the name of the union was dropped.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications. It reported 75 members in 1979, 66 members in 1979 and 848 members in 1996.

ENSAN-IS

(ENERJI SANAYII ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF ENERGY INDUSTRY WORKERS

Labour union founded in Ankara on May 18, 1976 to operate in the energy branch; founder and member of the Confederation of Independent Labour Unions until 1982, afterwards independent.

The union is based in Ankara and was founded by Hasan Taspinar, Kemal Aydinbas, Halil Akkaya, Ali Riza Aksu, Aydin Gögce and Selahattin Akgöz. In the temporary board of the union Süleyman Akkaya served as chairman and Selahattin Akgöz as general secretary.

The union held its first general assembly meeting on 7.10.1977. Afterwards an investigation was launched about the founders of the union by the police department upon the request of the Ministry of Labour on the grounds that they were also the founders of Petsan-Is (Union of Petroleum Industry Workers of Turkey) which operated in a different branch.

After 1980 an organizer and representative of the umbrella organization of the union, the Confederation of Independent Unions, sent a letter to the National Security Council accusing Süleyman Akkaya of acting as chairman of two different unions, and claiming that the confederation was composed of imaginary people and money was being paid to the imaginary leaders of the 16 unions in the confederation. The activities of the union were suspended for a while on account of the investigation, but no legal action was taken.

The union resumed its activities in 1992 and at its congress held on 19-20.12.1992 Hayati Alpak (chairman), Kemal Aydinbas (general secretary) and Meryem Ersen (finance secretary) were elected to the board.

The union has not any organizational activity.

EMEK TARIM-IS

(ORMAN, TOPRAK, SU, TARIM VE TARIM SANAYII ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF FORESTRY, LAND AND WATER ADMINISTRATION, AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Konya Eregli in 1977 to operate in the agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing branch, originally under the name of Union of Agricultural Workers of Turkey.

The union is based in Konya Eregli and was founded by Izzet Tekin, Gökmen Engelek, Ahmet Zorlu, Canan Tekin, H. Emin Aydogdu, Sükrü Erden and Bayram Ercan.

The name of the union was later changed to Union of Forest, Land and Water Administration, Agriculture and Agricultural Industry Workers.

The governor’s office in Konya started inquiries about the union when no information was received about its activities. The union sent a letter to the regional Department of Labour stating that it had become operative again as of 9.2.1979. The elections to the board at the extraordinary congresses in both 1983 and 1986 were invalidated by the Ministry of Labour on the grounds that the members had not delivered a statement of their properties or had not been employed in this branch for at least 10 years as stipulated by the law.

The general assembly meeting held on 4.12.1992 elected Izzet Tekin (chairman), Mustafa Özdamar (general secretary), H. Emin Aydogdu (deputy chairman), Ali Tüfekci (finance secretary) and Cafer Toker (education and organization secretary) to the board.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications, and it has reported a membership of 2,933 as of 31.1.1995.

EVRIM-IS

(TURKIYE EMEKCI INSAAT, UNITE, YOL, BARAJ, GENEL YAPICILIK VE MONTAJ SANAYII ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, ROADS, DAMS AND IN GENERAL BUILDING AND ASSEMBLY INDUSTRIES

Independent labour union founded in Izmit on August 13, 1973 to operate in the construction branch, originally under the name of Modern Yapi-Is (Union of Construction and Industrial Workers Employed in Assembly, Building, Road, Dam, Breakwater, Metro, Sewerage Works).

The union is based in Izmit and was founded by Hasan Anahtar, Ali Dogan (temporary chairman), Fevzi Kovar, Ismail Sagiroglu, Engin Bascinar, Erdogan Dogan and Celal Sönmez.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 3.2.1974, 9.2.1976, 1.4.1979, 9.2.1980, 30.5.1982, in October 1983 (extraordinary meeting), on 25.12.1983, 19.5.1985 (extraordinary), 28.12.1986, 24.12.1989 and 13.12.1992. The board elected at the last congress is composed of Hasan Dogan (chairman), Yilmaz Yilmazcan (general secretary and finance secretary), Hasan Kayikcioglu (organization and education secretary).

The union did not convene its general assembly or conduct any other activities since that date.

The name of the union was changed to its present form at the congress held in 1980.

The union reported 881 members as of May 1975, 860 (4 women) as of May 1979, 1,908 in 1996 and 806 in 1997.

GIYIM-IS

(DOKUMA, GIYECEK, KONFEKSIYON, IPLIK UTU, BOYAMA SANAYII ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF WEAVING, GARMENT, TEXTILE, THREAD, IRONING AND DYEING INDUSTRY WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on May 21, 1975 to operate in the textile branch, originally under the name of Union of Weaving, Garment,Textile, Thread, Ironing and Dyeing Industry Workers of Turkey.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Ahmet Yilmaz, Ali Barut, Fehmi Cum, Muzaffer Cetinkaya, Ahmet Helvaci, Nurettin Sentürk, Erdogan Sezer and Ayse Organ.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 10.12.1976, 22.1.1977, 10.5.1980 and 22.12.1990. At the last congress Ahmet Yilmaz was elected as chairman and Saban Kandemir as general secretary.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications.

It reported 501 members as of May 1982 and 1,979 as of January 1996 and 676 as of December 1997.

HAVA ULASTIRMA ISCILERI SENDIKASI

UNION OF AIR TRANSPORT WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on March 21, 1963 to operate in the civilian air transport branch.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Gökhan Önce, Rifat Atabek, Yani Ksidas, Azmi Arar Tekin and Semih Dursun.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 16.11.1963, 5.6.1965, 2.7.1966, 10.6.1967, 20.4.1968, 9.9.1971 (extraordinary meeting), 8.7.1972, 2.12.1972, 30.5.1973, 6.7.1973, 15.5.1975, 15.5.1975 (extraordinary), 28.11.1976, 23.5.1977, 23.5.1978, 24.5.1979, 2.10.1979 (extraordinary), 2.4.1982, 24-25.12.1983, 29.12.1984 (extraordinary), 30.11.1985 (extraordinary), 10- 11.6.1989. At its congress on 30.12.1995 Reha Özer (chairman), Savas Atilla (general secretary), Enver Ayginin (treasurer), Ahmet Bayoglu, Nese Müderris and Yurdanur Saner were elected to the board.

In 1972 the union changed its name to Istanbul Union of Air Transport Workers and a modification was made in its charter to the effect that it would operate in the national defense branch. The word „Istanbul" was dropped from its name in 1985.

The union has no branches or periodical publications, nor does it carry out any organizational activities or has signed any collective labour contract.

The union reported 662 members (217 women) in 1968, 738 members (248 women) as of end-1973.

ILKIM-IS

(ILAC, KIMYA, PETROL VE LASTIK ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF DRUG, CHEMICAL, PETROLEUM AND RUBBER WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on May 8, 1974 to operate in the drugs and chemicals branch, originally under the name of Istanbul Union of Drug and Chemical Industry Workers. The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Nejat Aktari, Ali Aslanoglu, Zafer Kemal Atik, Mahmut Enver Bolat, Muzaffer Tarik Calisal (temporary chairman), Sevki Cetinkaya, Hayrullah Gören, Ahmet Karsan and Muhittin Tuncer.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 4.5.1975, 21.9.1975 (extraordinary), 8.10.1978, 22.11.1983, 10.12.1989 and 9.1.1993.

At the extraordinary congress in 1975 it was reported that some of its members had left the union to organize in Petkim-Is, a DISK affiliate, and participated in the actions of the latter union.

In 1983 its name was changed to Union of Drug, Chemical and Rubber Industry Workers in accordance with a resolution to organize on a national level.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications and it reported 239 members in 1975, 285 in 1977 and 102 in 1979 and 168 in 1996.

INSAN-IS

(TURKIYE INSAAT SANAYII ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OF TURKEY

Independent labour union founded in Ankara on July 30, 1976 to operate in the construction branch.

The union is based in Ankara and was founded by Süleyman Akkaya (temporary chairman), Hasan Taskinalp, Kemal Aydinbas, Halil Akkaya, Ali Riza Aksu, Aydin Gönce and Selahattin Akgöz.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 6.10.1976, 12.11.1983 (extraordinary), 3-4.12.1983, 20-21.12.1986, 16-17.12.1989 and 5-6.12.1992. At the last congress Süleyman Akkaya was elected as chairman, Ali Demir as general secretary and Rasim Akkaya as finance secretary.

The union was closed by a decision of the Martial Law Command of Ankara on 15.12.1981. Its chairman Süleyman Akkaya, also the president of the Confederation of Independent Unions, was arrested and indicted on the grounds that he had used union funds to assist an illegal organization financially. The case ended with acquittal and the documents of the union were delivered back to its leaders in October 1984.

In 1986 a dispute arose between the union and the Ministry of Labour and it was revealed as a result of investigations that the union had submitted forged membership forms to the court.

The Ministry established that its founder and chairman Süleyman Akkaya („prophet" Süleyman) was functioning at the same time as the chairman in Metsan-Is (metal branch), Ensan-Is (energy branch) and Yapsan-Is (wood industry branch).

Numerous lawsuits have been filed against the union since its foundation on the grounds that its leaders are also acting in the board of more than one union.

Insan-Is has no branches or publications and it has not been possible to determine the workplaces where the union is organized. Although the union reported 20,794 members to the Ministry of Labour as of end-1977, the Ministry determined its membership as 810 at the end of 1980.

It reported 19,656 members as of January 1996. But this number is not reliable.

INUS-IS

(INSAAT USTA ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF MASTER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Konya Eregli on August 27, 1993 to operate in the construction sector.

The union is based in Konya Eregli and was founded by Cemal Duvarci, Hasan Bildik, Kadir Piskin, Hasan Kiratli, Semsettin Yilmaz, Mustafa Canbolat and Recep Isik, who also constituted the temporary board.

A lawsuit was filed against the union with a request for its liquidation due to the incomplete documentation, but the charges were dropped after the deficiencies had been removed within the allotted period.

The general assembly that convened on 21.2.1994 elected Cemal Duvarci (chairman), Hasan Bildik (deputy chairman), Semsettin Yilmaz (general secretary), Recep Isik (finance secretary) and Kadir Piskin (education and organization secretary) to the board.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications. The union has not reported any information about its members.

KALIP-IS

(MAKINA VE KALIP YAPIM ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF MACHINERY AND PATTERN MANUFACTURE WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in 1979 to operate in the metal branch.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Cetin Barlas, Turan Uzunkusak, Mahir Sevinc, Sadik Sezen, Aziz Hatipoglu, Mehmet Vatansever and Hasan Gavaz.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 18.1.1980, 16- 17.12.1989 (5th congress) and 21-22.11.1992. The last congress elected Cetinkan Barlas, M. Ali Gözlüklü, Halil Mumcu, Sükrü Kot and Ali Yazici to the board.

The union reported 83 members in 1982, 452 in 1996 and 428 in 1997.

KAPI-SEN

(TUM BELEDIYE KAPICILAR VE GENEL HIZMET ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF MUNICIPAL AND GENERAL SERVICE WORKERS AND CONCIERGES

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on May 3, 1993 to operate in the services branch.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Mustafa Ali Erbilgin, Mehmet Yagli, Turgut Yilmaz, Selahattin Ayan, Ali Kilic, Hikmet Bozkurt and Mustafa Mahmutoglu.

The union held its first general assembly meeting on 26- 27.10.1993 and an extraordinary congress on 19.3.1994. The board elected at the last congress is composed of Mustafa Ali Erbilgin (chairman), Mustafa Yildirim (deputy chairman), Osman Bagci (general secretary), Ali Kilic (finance secretary), Hikmet Bozkurt (organization secretary).

The union has not signed any collective labour contracts and has no periodical publications. It reported 105 members in January 1996 and 102 in December 1997.

KONUT IS

(TUM BELEDIYE VE KONUT ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF MUNICIPAL AND DOMESTIC WORKERS

Independent labour union founded in Istanbul on July 21, 1993 to operate in the services branch.

The union is based in Istanbul and was founded by Cebrail Tapucu, Alican Kayhan, Hüseyin Kerti, Irfan Kindac, Necdet Özcan, Ibrahim Kartal and Kudrettin Cimen.

At its general assembly meeting on 15-16.1.1994 Alican Kayhan was elected as chairman, Ahmet Akkaya as general secretary, Kudrettin Cimen as deputy chairman, Irfan Kindac as finance secretary and Hayri Gözen as education secretary. Chairman Alican Kayhan has been active in the union movement for many years and was also among the founders of another union in this branch, Emek-Is, which later merged with Genel-Is.

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications, and it reported 111 members in 1995 and 225 in 1997.

METSAN-IS

(TURKIYE METAL SANAYII ISCILERI SENDIKASI)
TURKISH UNION OF WORKERS IN METAL INDUSTRIES

Independent labour union founded in Ankara on August 17, 1976 to operate in the metal articles and machinery industry branch.

The union is based in Ankara and was founded by Süleyman Akkaya (temporary chairman), Hasan Taskinalp, Kemal Aydinbas, Halil Akkaya, Ali Riza Aksu, Aydin Gökce and Selahattin Akgöz.

The union held general assembly meetings on: 6.10.1976, 6- 7.12.1986, 24.12.1989 and 12-13.12.1992. The board elected at the last congress is composed of Selahattin Akgöz (chairman), Necmettin Erkan (general secretary) and Adem Polat (finance secretary).

The union does not have any branches or periodical publications. It is in fact one of the bogus unions established by Süleyman Akkaya, also known as „Prophet Süleyman", who was one of the founders of the Confederation of Independent Unions.

The union reported 6521 members in 1977, 240 in 1980 and 231 in 1996.

MUZIK-SEN

(MUZIK VE SAHNE SANATCILARI SENDIKASI)
UNION OF MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS

Independent labour union founded in Ankara on 5.9.1989 to operate in the accommodation and entertainment branch.

The union is based in Ankara and was founded by Erkan Turan, M. Ihsan Yalcin, Haydar Cele, Bülent Eralp, C. Cengiz Akinci, Taner Erdem and R. Zeki Ertunc.

The union held general assembly meetings on 24-25.3.1990, 6- 7.3.1993, 27.2.1994 (extraordinary meeting) and 20-21.4.1996. At the last congress Mehmet Cirika (chairman), Melih Abay and Özkan Akbaydogan (general secretary) were elected to the board.

The main activities of the union consist of signing group agreements on behalf of its members, following up the payment of the fees and severance pay of the members and providing them legal assistance when necessary.

The union does not have any periodical publications. Its membership rose from 855 at end-1994, to 977 on 14.3.1995, 1,067 as of June 1995 and 1,230 on 19.12.1997.