"Top court rules gov’t postponement of union strike was a ‘violation of rights’", 12 Aug 2015

Turkey’s top court has ruled the government’s decision to postpone a strike by Turkey’s largest glassmaking company, Şişecam, on grounds it had disrupted “public health and national security” was a violation of its rights. The Constitutional Court decided the Şişecam workers’ rights had been violated when their strike attempt was postponed by a cabinet decree in the summer of 2014. “The strike postponement rule was not rested upon a compulsory social need and was not necessary in a democratic society,” the top court said...