Öz Sağlık İşçileri Sendikası
New Executive Board as a result of 4th Congress of the Öz Sağlık-İş Trade Union
The ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ held its 4th congress (General Assembly) on 07-08 November 2025 in Ankara, capital city of Türkiye.
The ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union is such a labour movement which is deeply bound up with all principles and values of the HAK-IS Trade Union Confederation as well as universal values such as human dignity, equality, democracy. In this sense, ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ is the banner bearer of HAK-IS’ mission, vision, values and priorities at national and global levels.
In addition, the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union is one of founding members of the World Islamic Health Union (WIHU, http://www.wihu.org.tr/ ). At the present, Mr. Devlet Sert is General Secretary of the WIHU. Detailed information about relations between our union and WIHU is accessible through the OUR ACTIVITIES menu.
Since the establishment date of our union, the organization and association efforts have been intensively carried out by its executives and experts. As a result of those activities, the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union has achieved to be entitled to signing collective agreements with employers in the Health and Social Services sector at the end of (in the) first year. Such an organisational success is the first in the Health and Social Services sector.
As a result of the 4th Congress (General Assembly) of the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union, held on 07-08 November 2025 in Ankara, Mr. Devlet Sert has been re-elected as the the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union President as well as Mr. Muhammet Esat EYVAZ, Mr. Emre KOCAMAN, Mr. İsmail ÖZTÜRK and Mr. Fehmi AZBOY have been voted as its Executive Board Members.
As of December 2025, the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union is a huge labour movement together with over 230 thousand members and over 3,500 union representatives (shop stewards) at the workplace level in the health and social services sector in Türkiye.
Head Office of the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Syndicate is located in Ankara, capital city of Türkiye.
The ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union, which has already completed its organisational structure in all (81) provinces throughout the country, pertinaciously, resolutely and successfully continued its organisational and collective bargaining initiatives at universities and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) bodies. At the present, there are 97 branches of ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union throughout the country.
By having the upmost number of members/workers in the health and social services sector in Türkiye, ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ is among the 3 largest labour unions in our country.
The obligatory organs of the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Trade Union are Congress (General Assembly), General Executive Board, General Auditory Board and General Disciplinary Board at its head Office in Ankara.
The mentioned bodies/organs are also available at the branch level in the provincial organization of our Union.
Congress (General Assembly) of the ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Syndicate is composed of delegates elected by the shop stewards at workplace level throughout the country in proportion to their membership (employee) numbers.
It gathers once every four years to elect and assign president, executive board members as well as audit and discipline officials.
At every congress, delegates discuss the Programme of Action for the next four years. And the last (4th) Congress of ÖZ SAĞLIK-İŞ Syndicate held in Ankara on 7-8 November 2025.
Our 4th Congress (Ordinary General Assembly) held with the participation of the Minister of Labour and Social Security who is Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, Mr. Mahmut Arslan who is the HAK-İŞ Confederation President, Mr. İlhami Giray Şahin who is Deputy Head of Turkish Republic Presidential Communication Agency, Mr. Yasser Ahmed Hassan who is ILO Türkiye Director, Mr. Mahmut Aslan who is Head of Strategy Development at the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, Mr. Mehmet Baş who is the Labour General Director of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Mr. Adv. Yasin Dursun who is the AK Party Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Yılmaz Bölükbaşı who is the Saadet Party Vice President, Mr. Hüseyin Tanrıverdi who is AK Party 22nd, 23rd and 24th Term Member of Parliament, Honorary President of the Hizmet-İş Trade Union, Mr. Yunus Değirmenci who is HAK-İŞ Confederation Vice President and President of the Öz Çelik-İş Union, Mr. Adv. Mehmet Ali Kayabaşı who is the HAK-İŞ Confederation Vice President and President of the Öz Taşıma-İş Union, Mrs. Eda Akbulut who is the HAK-İŞ General Secretary, Dr. Kasım Sezen who is the World Islamic Health Union (WIHU) President, Mr. Fahrettin Yıldız who is the Turkish Skateboarding Federation President and Turkish Sugar Factory Support Services Department Head, Mr. Mehmet Topsakal who is the Trabzon Provincial Health Director, Mr. Ahmet Özvatan who is the MGD President and its Executive Board members, Mr. İsmail Akgün who is the MEYAD President and its Executive Board members, Mr. Şükrü Can who is the Turkish Red Crescent Deputy General Secretary, Mr. Engin Demir who is advisor to the Minister of Family and Social Affairs, plus a number of high level representatives of from various civil society organizations (NGOs), trade unions which are affiliates of the HAK-İŞ, MEMUR-SEN and KAMU-SEN Confederations, as well as our staff, the press and media reporters, academicans and delegates.