Public Health Institutions (March 14, 2025)

With the call of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and the Health and Social Service Workers' Union (SES), health workers staged a wildcat strike in all public health institutions across Turkey on March 14, 2025, the Medical Day, demanding a health system that provides equal, accessible and quality health care.

As far as we were able to determine through press and social media channels, the strike took place in public health institutions in at least 27 cities, including Adana, Adıyaman, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Batman, Bolu, Bursa, Denizli, Dersim, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Eskişehir, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Kırıklareli, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Samsun, Sinop, Şırnak, Trabzon, Urfa and Van.