Law of work and its protection in Turkish Law

Labor class which was born with the emergence of Industrialisation had to work under negative circumstances as a result of free competition. As the state didn?t intervene to this field, it became impossible for workers to talk about their problem. In 1789 with the French Revolution the concept of the right to work began to change, which became more than sense of liberty for people but something to be demanded. As a result of this, it has been accepted that state can intervene to the work life with the goal of creating working conditions that are suitable to human honour.In this area the basic international documents, Europe Human Rights Treaty and European Social Pact introduced regulations that draw the lines of work rights. The effective practise of this right has been assured with international work treaties and decisions that are accepted by ILO. However, all these international regulations has been insufficient in terms of protecting the work right effectively. Therefore, new tendency emerged in making regulations in Criminal Law concerning this issue though it is seen as the last remedy as having penalty sanction.Thus, according to 5237 issue of 117 and 118 articles of Turkish Criminal Law new regulations concerning both individual and collective working right have been made.