"Production was suspended in that factory where workers' protests took place... 180 textile workers entered the new year without a job!",

Ebru Textile Factory, which employs approximately 180 workers belonging to the Ebru Group, headquartered in Istanbul, in the Organized Industrial Zone, suspended production indefinitely with the new year due to the increase in costs. Due to the economic crisis in the factory called Art Giyim, where 150 workers belonging to the same group work, production was suspended indefinitely in May 2024.

Factory managers, contacted by Medyabar.com editors, said that the reason for suspending production was the increase in costs, and that the workers would be paid their compensation through negotiations with mediators.

...Ebru Triko San. Trade A.Ş. was producing 200,000 knitwear per month with 180 employees in...Sakarya 1st Organized Industrial Zone. In addition to Ebru Trikon...Art giyim Sanayi Ticaret ve A.Ş. was established in 2016 to produce knitted garments under the same group.

Both companies...started to experience problems when they became insolvent due to the economic difficulties...

...Art Giyim started to shrink and lay off workers in 2024 when it became insolvent with the increase in costs and the decrease in orders. However, when the economic problems continued and the salaries were not paid late, the workers started to protest in May last year.

Factory workers said, "...our salaries have been paid 25 days late for 1 year. We are all in debt, unable to pay our bills. We are in trouble with the banks, the landlords, and even the people we borrow money from. We wrote to the ministry and did not get any results, we wrote to CIMER and we did not get any results. We are no different from a slave, their work is good, there is no job. They are mocking our minds because there is still no money."

...Art Giyim, which first employed 150 workers, decided to suspend production indefinitely in May. Then it was decided to pay the workers their compensation through a mediator...

...180 workers at [Ebru Triko] could not be paid their salaries...

The textile factory, which employed about 180 workers, closed on December 28, leaving behind protests and protests. In messages sent to medyabar.com Whatsapp line, the workers said that their factories were closed before they could receive their compensation..

Factory managers, who the workers said were closed, told medyabar.com that there was no question of closing their factories and that they had suspended production indefinitely. The factory official said that costs have increased due to the situation in exchange rates, and they had to decide to suspend production due to the decrease in orders.

The factory official also stated that the compensation of 180 workers working in the factory will be paid with the suspension of production 'Compensation will be made through a mediator in order to avoid legal problems in the future' He said...

[Translation via Microsoft Edge]