Education and Science Workers' Union | |
Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası | |
Founded | January 23, 1995 |
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Headquarters | Ankara |
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Members | 200,000 (2005) |
Affiliations | KESK |
Website | www |
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]
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