Source: Uncertain [12 September 1980 Turkey Coup D’etat] remains the same. For example the framework that restricts the right to strike with workplace or sectoral bans, limits on strikes through detailed procedural impositions, or the government’s competence to postpone strikes are all still in place. Moreover, the regime of authoritarian employment relations is sustained through rigid and arbitrary implementation of the relevant legislation. Collective rights continue to exist formally in the Constitution, but they have mostly turned into a thin cover as a result of added legislation and de facto practices. The deteriorating state of collective labour rights in Turkey, occurring in parallel with the government’s increasingly authoritarian political conduct, has been made even worse by the coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The bans, limitations, closures and confiscations, and pressures put in place as a result of emergency decrees (KHK) issued during the State of Emergency (OHAL), denied or severely limited the fundamental right to work for a large section of the society. Trade union rights, the rights to collective bargaining, and the right to strike have severely regressed. At the same time, increasing restrictions on the freedom of expression and freedom of assembly have weakened the ability of the labour movement to self-expression, reach public opinion and, act as a pressure group. Source: Uncertain [12 September 1980 Turkey Coup D’etat National Security Council Members] 10 THE CONDITION OF COLLECTIVE L ABOUR RIGHTS IN TURKE Y 11