{"id":75919,"date":"2026-04-10T00:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/?p=75919"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:15:53","slug":"interview-with-teachers-union-organizers-in-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/interview-with-teachers-union-organizers-in-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Teachers&#8217; Union Organizers in Turkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Private Teachers Activists (Turkey): Let&#039;s Unionize!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xGKsSi4BmFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview with Beril Saydam Shangun and Tahsin Mert Saygin, trade union activists from the private sector of teachers (part of \u00d6\u011fretmen Sendikas\u0131) in Istanbul, Turkey, during the Historical Materialism Conference 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subtitles in Turkish, English and Spanish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> #PrivateTeachers #TradeUnion #Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/ogretmensendikasi.org\/<br>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ogretmensendika\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can&#8217;t see the video link? 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