In April, the highest number of workplace homicides occurred in construction with 48 deaths. Construction was followed by agriculture\/forestry with 41 deaths and transportation with 16 deaths.<\/p>\n
In terms of sectoral distribution, 59 workers died in industry, 51 in construction, 41 in agriculture and 38 in the service sector.<\/p>\n
Five engineers lost their lives<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the striking headlines in the report was the deaths of engineers. 5 engineers lost their lives in April.<\/p>\n The OSH Assembly emphasized that these deaths cannot be seen as individual accidents. In K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece, Istanbul, civil engineer G\u00f6rkem Selvitop, who was waiting for a bus at a bus stop after getting off his bus, was killed when he was hit by a pickup truck stuck in a manhole cover. Murat Bekta\u015f, who was buried under a cave-in while measuring at a school construction site in \u015e\u0131rnak; Levent Acar, who fell from a roof while working as a construction site supervisor in Maltepe; Harun Y\u0131ld\u0131z, who died in a traffic accident in Van on his way back from an inspection; and Mehet Derda I\u015f\u0131k, who reportedly ended his life due to mobbing on the ship where he was doing his internship, were included in the April balance sheet.<\/p>\n Nearly doubled deaths in agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n With the warming weather, the number of deaths in the agricultural sector has also increased sharply. The number of deaths in agriculture increased from 21 in March to 41 in April.<\/p>\n The OHS Council drew attention to two main reasons for this increase. The first is the deaths of subsistence farmers who are trapped under overturned tractors. The report emphasized that old and poorly maintained tractors as well as the lack of ROPS (Roll-Over Protective Frame) systems are a critical risk.<\/p>\n The second reason is the precarious employment of agricultural workers. It is stated that this precariousness is not limited to the workplace; it also manifests itself in housing and transportation conditions. The death of 7 workers in a collision between a concrete tanker and a shuttle bus carrying agricultural workers in the Bucak district of Burdur was cited in the report as one of the striking examples of this situation.<\/p>\n Lack of supervision brings death<\/strong><\/p>\n The report cited the failure of inspection and sanction mechanisms as one of the important causes of occupational homicides.<\/p>\n The death of 3 workers who fell from a height of about 20 meters due to the collapse of a platform during maintenance-repair at the \u00c7olako\u011flu Metalurji factory in Dilovas\u0131, Kocaeli was recorded as an example of this. The ISIG Assembly reminded that there have been many deaths and injuries in the last 20 years of the factory's history.<\/p>\n The most common cause of death is traffic accidents<\/strong><\/p>\n In April, traffic and service accidents, mostly in the transportation and agriculture sectors, were the leading causes of workplace homicides.<\/p>\n This was followed by crushes and cave-ins, heart attacks and brain hemorrhages, and then falls from height. According to the report, 69 percent of workers who died from falls from height died in construction sites.<\/p>\n Women workers, migrant workers, non-unionized<\/strong><\/p>\n In April, 14 of those killed at work were women workers. Most of the women were working in the agricultural sector. The report drew attention to the urgency of occupational health and safety policies specific to women workers.<\/p>\n At least 3 migrant workers lost their lives. It is stated that two of the migrant workers who lost their lives were from Syria and one from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n It was noted that only 13 of the dead workers were union members, while 176 were non-unionized. The OHS Assembly stated that the apparent increase in the deaths of unionized workers, especially this month, is a serious warning for the union movement.<\/p>\n In which provinces were the deaths concentrated?<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the report, most workplace murders occurred in Istanbul, Bursa, Ankara, Antalya, Burdur, Manisa, \u0130zmir, Kahramanmara\u015f, Kocaeli, Diyarbak\u0131r, Malatya, Sakarya, Bitlis, D\u00fczce, Mu\u011fla, Samsun, Ayd\u0131n, Denizli, Gaziantep, Giresun, Kayseri, K\u0131rklareli, Konya, Mersin, \u015eanl\u0131urfa, Tekirda\u011f and U\u015fak.<\/p>\n We respectfully commemorate the 189 workers who lost their lives in work murders in April 2026...<\/strong> \u0130\u015f\u00e7i Sa\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve \u0130\u015f G\u00fcvenli\u011fi (\u0130S\u0130G) Meclisi, Nisan 2026\u2019ya ili\u015fkin i\u015f cinayetleri raporunu a\u00e7\u0131klad\u0131. Rapora g\u00f6re, Nisan ay\u0131nda en az 189 i\u015f\u00e7i hayat\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti. B\u00f6ylece 2026\u2019n\u0131n ilk d\u00f6rt ay\u0131nda i\u015f cinayetlerinde ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131 yitiren i\u015f\u00e7i say\u0131s\u0131 622\u2019ye ula\u015ft\u0131. \u0130S\u0130G Meclisi, verilerin y\u00fczde 58\u2019inin ulusal bas\u0131ndan, y\u00fczde 42\u2019sinin ise i\u015f\u00e7ilerin mesai arkada\u015flar\u0131, aileleri, i\u015f g\u00fcvenli\u011fi uzmanlar\u0131, i\u015fyeri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-285672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gundem"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285675,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285672\/revisions\/285675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/isig.jpg\")
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\nG\u00fcng\u00f6r Ho\u015fg\u00f6r, \u00d6mer Ke\u00e7i\u00f6ren, Furkan Alemdar, Turgay Minaz, Suat Kulak\u00e7\u0131, G\u00fcnay Can, Hamza G\u00fcnay, Ali Y\u00fccel, Mustafa Kabakc\u0131, \u0130brahim Alkan, Adem Ulucan, Tuncay Kurul, Volkan Akyol, Sercan Akta\u015f, \u0130smail Ba\u015fer, Mehmet Salih A., Mehmet Kurt, Seyfettin Palaz, Varol Y\u0131lmaz, \u00d6kke\u015f Erol, \u00c7elebi \u015eahin, An\u0131l Karakuzu, Mustafa Fedaio\u011fullar\u0131, Hatice Kocaefe, Ferhat G\u00fcl, Onur \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, Vedat G\u00fcrb\u00fcz, \u0130brahim Koray Akb\u0131y\u0131k, Serkan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, Kas\u0131m Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, Osman Sava\u015f \u00c7etiner, Ayla Kara, Halime Aki, Abdulkadir Arz\u0131k, Engin Aras, Abdullah \u00c7evik, Mustafa Girgin, G\u00fcrkan Kuma\u015f, Muhammed Alimam, Hasan Y\u00fcntem, Mehmet Karasakal, Tamer Aydo\u011fdu, Resul Karda\u015f, \u015eah \u0130smail Mayda, Eralp \u00c7oral\u0131, Ahmet \u015eahin, Adem B., Erol Buyun, Hasan Al, Kemal Tatar, Temel Kurt, Abdullah Avc\u0131, Ahmet Yi\u011fitce, Ahmet Gencer, Mehmet Emin Akcan, G\u00f6rkem Selvitop, Zafer Gezer, Salih Koca, Tolga Ta\u015f\u00e7\u0131, Adnan \u00dcnl\u00fc, Kemal Doyan, Zekeriya Muhammed Musto, Ahmet M\u00fcld\u00fcr, Muhammed Ra\u015fit Okatan, Servet Kurt, Y\u00fcksel \u015eenel, Reis Aslan, Y\u00fcksel Ar\u0131can, Hayrettin Ta\u015f, Cebrail \u00c7i\u00e7ek, Engin Tuncay, Bilal \u00c7ak\u0131r, Ramazan K\u00fcren, A.H., Mahmut Bozan, R\u0131fat Duran, Murat Bekta\u015f, Varol Atmaca, Mikail Yard\u0131mc\u0131, Cavit Keskin, Arda Ba\u011f\u0131rgan, H\u00fcseyin Bezgin, Abdullah Elmas, Fasih Da\u011f, Seyfi S\u00f6kmen, Levent Acar, Bekir Can Kada\u015f, Ahmet \u00d6zdemir, \u0130smail Ko\u00e7kat, Sad\u0131k G\u00fcney, Levent Cumhur Urgan, Recep I\u015f\u0131k, Hayri Akdo\u011fan, Harun Y\u0131ld\u0131z, Bahattin Adiyan, Kara Ak\u00e7a, \u0130lhan Can Yal\u00e7\u0131n, U\u011fur Okutan, Cemil Sar\u0131ca, Ahmet Pak, Ali Alev, Y\u0131lmaz Uzuner, \u0130smail \u00c7oban, Hakan \u00d6zkan, Tayfun Ba\u011fc\u0131, Mehmet K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckaslan, Osman Kaplan, Ak\u0131n K\u0131z\u0131lkan, Mehmet Se\u00e7men, Mahmut Dada\u015f, S\u00fcleyman Ak\u00e7ay, O.Y., Erol Y\u0131lmaz, Osman Do\u011fan Ba\u015f, Mehmet \u00c7iftlikci, Galip Avc\u0131, Tar\u0131k Yasin \u015eahin, Mehet Derda I\u015f\u0131k, Tulay Irkat Ceylan, Volkan Gelmez, Muhammed Emin Dikici, Eren Bak\u0131r, Semih Sinan Pelek, Bar\u0131\u015f Metin, Mehmet \u00d6nc\u00fcl, Mustafa Bebe, \u0130brahim \u00d6zbek, Serkan H\u0131zl\u0131, Mustafa Aksoy, Se\u00e7kin Yal\u00e7\u0131n, Musa \u00d6zbay, Akif Tun\u00e7, Celil Yaz\u0131c\u0131, Durdu Aldemir, Necmettin Do\u011fan, Dilek Turan, Do\u011fukan Y\u0131ld\u0131zl\u0131, Efe Erdem, Bayram Burak Temel, Sabri K\u0131l\u0131n\u00e7, F.\u00dc., M.R.S., Melik Bing\u00f6l, Salih Av\u015far, Kadir Sami G\u00f6z\u00fca\u00e7\u0131k, H\u00fcseyin T\u00fcrker, Kudret Ahmedi, S\u00fcleyman G\u00fcls\u00fcn, Erdo\u011fan Akba\u015f, Salih Ayaz, H\u00fcseyin Uysal, Bekir Bolat, Seyfettin Y\u0131lmaz, Telat \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, \u0130smail Arslan, Halim Kutlu, Rasim Ba\u015far, Zeki Karabulut, Ferhat Boztepe, Selahattin Aydo\u011fdu, Muharrem Ustao\u011flu, Mehmet \u015eirin \u0130lba\u015f, Nesrin Kaya, Mehmet G\u00f6kcen, Emine G\u00f6kcen, R\u0131fat G\u00f6kcen, Mehmet \u00dcst\u00fcn, \u00d6mer Akko\u00e7, Vak\u0131f \u00d6nder, G\u00fcls\u00fcm \u00d6zkan, Zeynep \u0130naz, Hayrunisa Karaca, Elmas Y\u00fcce, Cemile \u00c7ak\u0131r, Yeter G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f, Adil \u00d6zkan, Niyazi Can, Haydar G\u00fcler, Haydar \u015eahbaz, Miran Tutar, Erol Sezer, Deniz Y\u0131lmaz, Bedri Ula\u015f, Mehmet S\u0131dd\u0131k Mantam and two unnamed workers...<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"