Turkish Tobacco Workers on Hunger Strike

Source from:  Reuters 01/22/2010

People on a hunger strike sit in a hall in Ankara January 21, 2010. Turkish workers of the State Tobacco and Liquor Company, Tekel, participated in a three-day hunger strike while thousands of their fellow colleagues sat under plastic shelters in a crowded street in Ankara on the 38th day of their protest against the privatisation of Tekel.

Protesters sit around a fire during a sit-down strike in Ankara January 21, 2010. Turkish workers of the State Tobacco and Liquor Company, Tekel, participated in a three-day hunger strike while thousands of their fellow colleagues sat under plastic shelters in a crowded street in Ankara on the 38th day of their protest against the privatisation of Tekel.

A man on hunger strike tapes his mouth as he spends time in a hall with fellow protesters in Ankara January 21, 2010. Turkish workers of the State Tobacco and Liquor Company, Tekel, participated in a three-day hunger strike while thousands of their fellow colleagues sat under plastic shelters in a crowded street in Ankara on the 38th day of their protest against the privatisation of Tekel.