Education and Science Workers' Union (Turkey)

Eğitim-Sen
Education and Science Workers' Union
Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası
FoundedJanuary 23, 1995 (1995-01-23)
HeadquartersAnkara
Location
Members
200,000 (2005)
AffiliationsKESK
Websitewww.egitimsen.org.tr

Education and Science Workers' Union (Turkish: Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası), better known with its abbreviation Eğitim-Sen, is a left-wing trade union of teachers and other education workers in Turkey. In 2005, it had around 200,000 members and was Turkey's largest trade union.[1]

It was founded on January 23, 1995, as a merger of Eğit-Sen and Eğitim-İş both founded in 1990. It is a member of KESK (Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions, Education International the International Trade Union Confederation.[1][2]

Eğitim-Sen supporters at May Day protests in Ankara, 2015.
Eğitim-Sen supporters commemorating Halil Serkan Öz and criticizing the Ak Saray palace.
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference turkey20050122 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Eğitim Sen | Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-26.