Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee notes the observations of the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ), submitted with the Government’s report. The Committee notes that according to TÜRK-İŞ, organizing remains difficult in private sector farms where statistics confirm a lower unionization rate, compared to publicly owned agricultural enterprises. It further alleges that seasonal agricultural work in Türkiye, generally involving unpaid family labour or informal domestic work, leads to widespread informal and insecure employment, thereby severely limiting unionization opportunities. The Committee requests the Government to provide its comments thereon.