{"id":285606,"date":"2026-05-04T04:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=285606"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:15:36","slug":"those-who-died-on-eid-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/those-who-died-on-eid-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Died on Eid Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMay 1st is the worker's holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is that so?<\/p>\n

Then let us state the truth frankly:
\nIn this country, workers die while working on their own feast days.<\/p>\n

Yes, you didn't hear wrong-
\nfeast day.
\nOn a day that should be celebrated.<\/p>\n

On May 1st this year...
\neight workers lost their lives.<\/p>\n

Not just eight people-
\neight lives, eight families, eight unfinished futures.<\/p>\n

A 16-year-old boy.
\nHe's 22 years old.
\nWorkers struggling to make ends meet...<\/p>\n

Feast Day.<\/p>\n

You know the day when slogans like \u201clabor, solidarity, struggle\u201d are chanted in the squares?
\non that day, someone is still working.<\/p>\n

And it's not just running-
\ndying.<\/p>\n

If we can still call this a \u201choliday\u201d,
\nthere is no contradiction; there is a clear collapse.<\/p>\n

Because if a worker in a country works on his own holiday, this is exploitation.
\nIf he dies on his own holiday, it's no longer exploitation-
\nis a direct order.<\/p>\n

The point is this:
\nThese deaths do not surprise anyone.<\/p>\n

Nobody says, \u201cHow come?\u201d.
\nBecause everybody knows:
\nBeing a worker in this country is not just a struggle for subsistence, it is a struggle for survival.<\/p>\n

And that's the scariest thing.<\/p>\n

Not death itself-
\nhabit.<\/p>\n

It's not news anymore.
\nRutin.<\/p>\n

Societies do not collapse through major crises,
\nby getting used to small deaths.<\/p>\n

And we no longer ask:
\n\u201cWhy did these people die?\u201d<\/p>\n

We ask this question:
\n\u201cHow many people died today?\u201d<\/p>\n

This is Not an Accident, but a Preferred Order<\/strong><\/p>\n

The same sentence is uttered after every death:
\n\u201cAccident at work.\u201d<\/p>\n

These two words are the biggest curtain used to cover the truth.<\/p>\n

Because there is no \u201caccident\u201d.<\/p>\n

If the same things repeat,
\nthe same people continue to die in the same conditions,
\nif the same negligence continues-
\nit's not an accident, it's a system.<\/p>\n

And this system did not come about by chance.
\nIt was founded on conscious choices.<\/p>\n

Why are workers today working on a holiday?<\/p>\n

Because wages are not enough.
\nBecause people are forced to work longer hours to make ends meet.
\nBecause \u201cif you don't work, you starve\u201d has become the harshest disciplinary tool.<\/p>\n

This is where the economy comes into play.<\/p>\n

Policies that erode wages, cheapen labor and spread precarity...
\nnot only impoverishes the worker-
\nmaking him more vulnerable to death.<\/p>\n

Let's name it clearly:<\/p>\n

This is the result of an economic program that forces workers to work longer and in worse conditions.<\/p>\n

More production, lower costs, fewer inspections...
\nSo more risk, more death.<\/p>\n

Is there an audit?<\/p>\n

It's on paper.<\/p>\n

In reality?
\nIt is either non-existent or for show.<\/p>\n

Are the unions strong?<\/p>\n

No, no, no.
\nBecause organizing is either directly hindered or made de facto impossible.<\/p>\n

Can the worker object?<\/p>\n

Most of the time, no.
\nBecause losing your job means going hungry.<\/p>\n

That's why these deaths are not \u201cunexpected\u201d -
\nconsequences made inevitable.<\/p>\n

This is not just a chain of neglect.
\nThis is a blatant set-up.<\/p>\n

Where human life is written off as a cost item,
\n\u201cproduction first\u201d and forgetting \u201cpeople first\u201d.<\/p>\n

And the most dangerous thing is this:<\/p>\n

Unless this order is questioned,
\nevery death produces a new \u201cnormal\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is not enough to mourn, you have to ask for accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n

The same sentence after every death:
\n\u201cOur condolences.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then what?<\/p>\n

One day there is talk.
\nIt is discussed for two days.
\nOn the third day it is forgotten.<\/p>\n

This is where the order wins.<\/p>\n

Because death is not the problem in this country-
\nspeed of forgetting.<\/p>\n

If we really want it not to happen again,
\nWe have to make this not a wishful thinking.<\/p>\n

Because the truth is this:<\/p>\n

No worker dies because of fate.
\nNone of it is \u201cinevitable\u201d.
\nNone of it is \u201cnatural\u201d.<\/p>\n

All of this is preventable.<\/p>\n

But it is not prevented.<\/p>\n

Because it is the workers who pay the price,
\nnot the decision-makers.<\/p>\n

So it's not about being sad anymore-
\ntaking sides.<\/p>\n

Without clear demands nothing will change:<\/p>\n