“Nearly 900 workers killed on the job across Turkey in first half of 2024”

At least 878 workers lost their lives in work-related incidents during the first six months of 2024, according to the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG)…

… Among the deceased, 33 were women and 845 were men.

The deceased workers were employed in various sectors, including 303 in industry, 227 in construction, 207 in services, and 141 in agriculture. Notably, the agricultural sector's fatalities nearly reached 30% of all occupational deaths in June, coinciding with the seasonal increase in labor-intensive work during the warmer months…

The report also highlighted that 33 of the deceased workers were under 18 years old, and the ages of 42 workers could not be determined…

The report emphasizes the increasing number of child worker fatalities, especially in the industrial sector. Over half of the child worker deaths occurred in the agricultural sector, with six fatalities in June alone.

The İSİG criticized the role of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM), stating that they are contributing to the exploitation of child labor under the guise of vocational training…

33 migrant workers died in the first half of 2024. These included 19 Syrians, 6 Afghans, 3 Iranians, 2 Russians, and one worker each from Algeria, Georgia, Iraq, Sudan, Ukraine, and Turkmenistan…