Education Laborers (March 2026)

Following the death of teacher Fatma Nur Çelik, who was stabbed by a student at Taşdelen Borsa İstanbul Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Istanbul's Çekmeköy district, education laboers staged a nationwide wildcat strike following the call of Eğitim Sen, Eğitim-İş, Anadolu Eğitim Sen, TÖB SEN, Öğretmen Sendikası, Hürriyetçi Eğitim Sen and TEÇ-SEN unions.
According to press and social media reports, the strikes took place in at least 44 cities, including Adana, Adıyaman, Afyon, Ağrı, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Antep, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Batman, Bolu, Bursa, Çorum, Denizli, Dersim, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Elazığ, Eskişehir, Giresun, Hakkari, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Malatya, Manisa, Maraş, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Rize, Samsun, Sakarya, Siirt, Sivas, Trabzon, Urfa and Van.
