Layoffs Continue in Üsküdar Municipality: Total Number Increased to 57

Following the operations held last month, AKP's Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who became the deputy mayor with the election held in the Üsküdar Municipal Council on September 8, took office and the dismissals continue in the municipality.

With the dismissal of 28 more people on Friday, the total number of layoffs increased to 57.

“THE TRUST GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE HAS BEEN USURD BY SOMEONE”

Making a statement in front of Üsküdar Municipality regarding the developments, NEW Party Üsküdar District Chairman Lawyer Onur Cingil said, "We said this in the press release we made last week; we warned, 'You are making gradual layoffs, don't do it.' But when we look at it as of today, we see that 28 more people were dismissed on Friday and the total number is 57. The votes of Üsküdar Municipality were entrusted to Sinem Dedetaş. And this is the trust given by the people. This trust given by the people was given by someone. "During the two and a half years of administration, our mayor did not lay off even one person from the old period. He even appointed many of the people we call old staff as managers, assistant managers, chiefs and even vice presidents. He never played with people's income." he said.

“WORKERS ARE THREATENED WITH NOT RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS”

Underlining that it is said that the number of dismissed personnel will reach 400, Cingil said, "So why are they doing this? I say it as a lawyer; the reason is poor performance. Who can believe that the performance of these people suddenly decreased within a week? But this is an excuse. And what they say inside is, 'Let's dismiss you with the 4th code, which is the SSI code. What is it? What is it? If we dismiss you unfairly, you will receive unemployment benefits, or if you do not agree with us, if you go to court and seek your rights, you will be 22 years old. They say, 'I can get it with a code, I can get it with a bag code, you can't get unemployment benefits.' So, do you know what the workers you see with me and many others are being threatened with? They are being tested with whether or not to receive the unemployment benefit worth a penny. They threaten people like this, otherwise they will leave them penniless. he said.

Cingil said that the will of the people in Üsküdar Municipality was usurped through threats, pressure, fraud, detentions and arrests, and continued as follows:

"While there is a difference of 24 thousand votes, it is the will of the people. Speaking of Sinem Dedetaş, they came here with Ali Cengiz games, chair games, political engineering, and sat down. Then they went to Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi, who is a very ancient name for Üsküdar, a very important person of Üsküdar, and prayed.

“NO PRAYER OR SUPPORT WILL REMOVE THE RIGHTS OF YOUR PERSONS”

This is how they started the first day. I also wrote this about them on social media. No prayer, no supplication will take away your rights. But while this observation is still valid today, you are destroying the labor and rights of the workers and kicking them out. An atomic bomb will fall on their house. They will be unemployed in this bad time and you will go again, maybe pray at a shrine. But I say again, none of your prayers will eliminate the injustice you committed."

“OUR PERFORMANCE IS ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTIONS”

Üsküdar Children's Institute Unit Manager Cafer Dede, one of the dismissed workers, said:

"A message arrived at 8 o'clock on Friday evening. It was said, 'You have been terminated due to lack of performance.' No one should be sorry. The performance of a Cumhuriyet teacher is enough to put a small smile on the children's faces. No one should be sorry. Our performance is enough to give effort to the people of Üsküdar. Our performance is enough to protect the Republic revolutions. We are public employees. We are employees of the Republic of Turkey.

“ASK THE CHILDREN I RAISE IN ÜSKÜDAR”

We did not support any foundation, any association, or any organization. We worked for the people of Üsküdar, we fought for the people of Üsküdar. I fought for the renewal of Üsküdar Children's University and Üsküdar Children's Institute. I carried those desks on my back. I didn't pay attention to overtime. I worked from 8 in the morning to 12 at night. I organized the first inter-high school theater festival in Üsküdar. I organized creative drama events in Üsküdar. I organized artistic events. It's not your tendency to lack performance, ask me the children I trained in Üsküdar. Ask the people of Üsküdar, where I trained.

“WE WILL NOT BOW TO YOU A MILE”

The people of Üsküdar should know this, the current government should know this, my energy, my performance is enough for the people of Üsküdar. My performance is enough to get my companion, my comrade Sinan President, out of prison. This struggle of ours has just begun. No matter what happens to us. The most they will do is kill us. We left death and fear in Karbala and we are not afraid. Do whatever is necessary. We will not bow an inch to you. There is no salvation alone, all together or none of us.”