Legal Regulation and Rights Demand from Internship and Apprenticeship Victims
Victims fighting for their internship and apprenticeship periods to be counted as the start of insurance have called on Parliament to act following Supreme Court rulings.
Citizens and civil society organizations demanding that internship and apprenticeship periods be included in insurance have intensified their calls for a permanent legal regulation in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) following favorable rulings by the Supreme Court.
Expectations Increased After Supreme Court Rulings
While citizens wanting apprenticeship and internship periods to be included in insurance try to achieve results by filing lawsuits, a recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of the plaintiff last month further strengthened these demands.
Civil society organizations intensified their calls for the immediate discussion of bill proposals that have been stalled in the commission for years following these developments.
Insurance Coverage and Retirement Problem
While insurance is provided against the risks of workplace accidents and occupational diseases during internships and apprenticeships, these periods are not taken as a basis for retirement because they are not evaluated within the scope of long-term insurance branches.
Citizens who worked under registration years ago during internships and apprenticeships argue that this process was not just education and that they contributed labor under a heavy workload.
Judicial Processes and Actual Production Participation
In the cases examined by the Supreme Court, it is pointed out that whether individuals actually participated in production and the nature of the work must be investigated in detail.
Citizens, on the other hand, want the issue to be resolved through a legal regulation in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey instead of seeking their rights one by one through lawsuits.
Statements by Federation and Association Presidents
Murat Aydın, President of the Internship and Apprenticeship Insurance Victims Federation, emphasized that they started working life at a very young age and that the decisions rendered by the judiciary reveal the limits of the legislation.
Ferhat Salman, Founding Honorary President of the Internship Apprenticeship Insurance Victims Solidarity Association, stated that this expectation is not a demand for privilege, but rather a call for justice and equality.