labor/economy

13:41

Small shopkeepers that have managed to survive during the pandemic are in a very difficult situation. Outdoor dining has been banned in Turkey due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Cafe owners are resisting not closing their café restaurants by delivering food to the customers. Fadime Özbudun is one of them resisting not closing their café restaurants. She states that they have been left alone during that period and they will not be able to return if their restaurants are closed for a long time again.

18:20

As the development of technology completely removes some jobs from our lives, it also adds some new jobs. Ezgi İbili is one of the people working in these new jobs. She has worked as a content writer and she has even established her own digital advertising agency. We talk to her about how the contents of websites are created and what kind of job is content writing.

09:10

Leyla Aslan earns 500 TL (about 75 dollars) from her part-time job. “if the economy is doing well, why everything is getting more expensive? Why is poverty increasing? Why do people commit suicide?” asks Leyla to the government officials.

07:48

Women workers have entered 2021 with unemployment, insecurity, debt, and poverty. Women are most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of women around the world have become unemployed. Women have become poorer.

07:28

Refugees work between 13 and 14 hours per day without having insurance, social rights, security, and for peanuts and their work is unregistered. A field report conducted by Izza Leghtas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Western Europe Researcher has also revealed these facts. The report says many employers are often reluctant to cover the costs of work permits and face the administrative hurdles of hiring a refugee so they prefer hiring informal refugees and most refugees are confined to low-paying jobs.