The Turkey International Labor Organization office is located at Ankara. The ILO which was founded in 1919 aims at recognizing human and labor rights all over the world. The ILO has formulated international labor standards by setting up conventions and recommendations in order to establish basic rights of labors worldwide.
The Turkey International Labor Organization has the following personnel:
Director- Gülay Aslantepe
Secretary to the director- Nüvit Gülcügil
Sr. Program Administrative Support Officer- Betül Çapcı
Library and Documentation Asst.- Ayse Selçuk-Gençer
Driver / Messenger- M. Ertan Aras
The main functions of the Turkey International Labor Organization are:
Representing Turkey in the international ILO
Promoting the ILO standards and policies in Turkey
Developing and implementing policies and programs of ILO in Turkey
Administering fellowship programs for Turkish nations outside the country as well as for foreign nationals within Turkey.
Collecting and analyzing information on Turkey
Maintaining the ILO Ankara Information Resource center and Publication Sales Program.
The most significant of Turkey International Labor Organization projects is the IPEC which was set up to fight child labor in Turkey. Since 1992 101 action programs have been implemented. 60% of the working children have been taken out from work and placed in schools. The remaining 40% have received improved working conditions, health, nutrition and vocational training. Another Program is the Social Dialogue-Unregistered Employment. It focused on the field of employment promotion and unregistered employment. The program aimed at the use of social dialogues to reduce unregistered employment and is a long term program.
Other program are:
Active Labor Market Policies - Kocaeli
Auditing and Certification Research
ILO/EU - Textile Training Project
Legislative acts regarding Turkey International Labor Organization include:
Labor Act of Turkey
Permit on the employment of Foreign workers
Trade Unions
Collective Agreement
The Turkey ILO has a few publications like newsletters, web pages, Turkish ILO publications and online publications.
