President Erdogan is putting the lucrative construction industry before people's lives
There are at least 2 million construction workers in Turkey, mostly non-unionised, working on a part-time basis, paid under the table with limited social security benefits, at the mercy of patrons during a time when the sector is dominated by pro-government business groups.Strict Covid-19 measures imposed by the health ministry on crowded workspaces were left largely on paper, just like many other regulatory measures, complained construction industry representatives I spoke with.
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