The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right
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The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right
![Birtek-sen members and supporters gather outside the trial in solidarity and to demand Mehmet Turkmen’s release, May 12, 2026 [Pic: Arif Bektas]](https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2026-05/Image%20from%20iOS.jpg.webp?itok=Ib4Az5aX)
Mehmet Turkmen, president of Birtek-Sen, has been cleared of criminal charges after speaking out against the high rate of workplace injuries and deaths in Gaziantep’s textile and carpet industry. OZLEM TEMENA reports
![FBU president Ian Murray [Pic: Mark Thomas / FBU]](https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/IMG_6323.jpg.webp?itok=MY4U6IBT)
