Collective Social Rights in Turkish Constitutional Law: A Comparative Analysis of Trade Union Rights from the Constitution of 1961 to the Constitution of 1982

Abstract: The thesis aims to articulate collective social rights within the Turkish Constitutional History in the light of European Convention of Human Rights and International Labour Organization Standards, in particular Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (C87) and Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (C98). This thesis is asking the issue of how the workers enjoy or rather are not able to enjoy the collective social rights which are guaranteed by the positive law including national and international level in Turkey.