Ankara’s requirement that unvaccinated Turks present a negative PCR test for COVID-19 to attend public events and schools has sparked angry reactions from the country’s teachers, who denounced the move as both useless and a violation of their rights.
A conservative labor union urged its members to engage in civil disobedience after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Aug. 19 that members of the education sector would have to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or proof of recovery from the virus, or undergo regular PCR tests as schools resume in-person education on Sept. 6.
