Assault on engineers in Eskişehir protested

In Eskişehir, Turkey, union members and municipal employees gathered to protest a violent assault on technical staff at the Tepebaşı Municipality. The incident, which occurred on July 6, 2026, involved a contractor and his relatives attacking engineers and other technical personnel.

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We will not allow the attacks on technical service class personnel to become normalized and ignored. We condemn the attack on our colleagues working at Eskişehir Tepebaşı Municipality on July 6, 2026, and we call on all responsible institutions to show the necessary reaction to our colleagues performing public duties being assaulted due to their duties and to prove that we are not alone.

Serhat Tüzün, Deputy Chairman of the Engineers Tek-Sen Local Union, condemned the violence, stating that such attacks on technical service staff are becoming normalized and will not be ignored. He urged all responsible institutions to take action and support the affected employees.

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We declare to the public once again, without needing to remind, that we will not leave our colleagues who we stand in solidarity with, neither today nor later, alone in this intimidation policy and climate of fear, and that we promise to take all initiatives so that these reckless attempts, whose service purpose is unclear, do not happen again.

Tüzün emphasized the union's commitment to standing with their colleagues, both legally and morally, against intimidation and a climate of fear. He vowed that the union would take all necessary steps to prevent similar incidents from happening again. The union also called for solidarity from other unions, professional organizations, and NGOs to address the issues faced by technical service personnel.

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We call on all unions, professional chambers, and non-governmental organizations, whom we hope will sincerely support the problems of the technical service class and the injustice experienced, to solidarity, and we declare once again to the public that our colleagues are not alone and that we will always be by their side as their colleagues.