Chaos during vacation season Turkey does not want to send workers to German airports

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Ankara sees the planned deployment of Turkish aid workers at German airports as an attempt at sabotage. An end to the chaotic conditions is therefore still not in sight. 

Chaos during vacation season Turkey does not want to send workers to German airports
Long lines and chaotic conditions at German airports – the situation will not relax for the time being after the announcement from Turkey. (Symbolic image) Photo: dpa/Thomas Banneyer

Internet news website www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de by Von Susanne Güsten.

Turkey is defending itself against the poaching of Turkish workers by German airports. That is an attempt to sabotage the Turkish aviation industry, explained the Turkish aviation authority now. After this No of Turkey German airport operators might have large problems to find until the end of the vacation time as planned approximately 2000 Turkish workers for luggage handling, check in and safety controls, in order to balance personnel bottlenecks in the Federal Republic.

The authority called on Turkish employees to reject the offers from abroad

Although the authority cannot forbid the workers to go to Germany. However, the first official statement from a Turkish government authority on the German recruitment drive made it clear that German airport operators are likely to face considerable resistance. So far, it is not known how the recruitment will work and when the first Turkish workers are expected to arrive in Germany.

The Turkish aviation authority warned that the countries currently looking for Turkish airport workers are not only concerned with filling vacancies. It was also about “stopping the rise of our country’s aviation industry” by poaching professional staff, it said. The authority called on Turkish employees to reject offers from abroad. It appealed to Turkish employers to improve working conditions and raise wages to make transfers abroad less attractive. Turkish media had reported that Turkish workers could earn 6,000 euros in three months at German airports during the vacation season. For this, a worker in Turkey must work at the minimum wage for almost two years

Salih Demir

Salih Demir lives in Germany. He is interested in politics and economy. Germany editor of -ancient idea- fikrikadim.com