Police attack protest of construction workers

The police attacked the protest of construction workers at the Finance Central Bank Construction Site affiliated with Limak Holding. Six workers were taken into custody.

Six construction workers working at the Finance Central Bank Construction Site affiliated with Limak Holding carried out a protest by blocking the entrance to the construction site because they could not receive severance pay and overtime.

The protest of the workers organized by the Construction Workers Union (İnşaat İş), Devrimci Yapı, Construction and Road Union (Dev Yapı İş) was attacked by private security guards at the construction site, and the police were called.

Yunus Özgür, General Secretary of the Construction Workers' Union, told the police that their rights were usurped and their action was legitimate.

The workers were dragged to the ground and taken into custody.

Among those detained are six construction workers, as well as Dev Yapı İş General Secretary Nihat Demir and Construction Workers Union General Secretary Yunus Özgür.