The number of strikes banned by the AKP since 2002 has reached 17. On 8 October 2020, the strike organised in Şişecam, a subsidiary of Petrol-İş in Adana and Mersin, was postponed by Presidential decree on the grounds that it was "disrupting the general health and national security". In fact, the strike was essentially banned.

This latest ban increased the number of strikes for the glass industry to 5 during the AKP rule. Most bans were ordered after the State of Emergency was declared following the 15 July 2016 coup attempt, during which a total of 7 strikes were banned.

Speaking to ANF, Union expert Erkan Aydoğanoğlu reminded that Erdoğan turned these bans into an opportunity during the state of emergency. “Erdoğan was saying the coup was a blessing of God, and after the State of Emergency was declared, he said to the bosses 'we banned the strike, what more do you want?'”

According to Aydoğanoğlu, the bans, first declared on the grounds of the State of Emergency and now on the grounds of the epidemic, are actually aimed at eliminating the strikes and workers’ right to strike which is a constitutional right. “Although it is officially said that the strikes are postponed for 60 days by decree, these strikes are banned in practice. For a long time, the Justice and Development Party has aimed at preventing workers’ constitutional and legal rights.”

The first strike banned by the AKP in the first year of its rule was on July 1, 2003 at Petlas Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, organised by Petrol-Iş

The second postponed strike was in the glass industry. Strike delays were not a first and would not be a last, especially in the glass industry.