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Milliyet.com.tr, 29 September 2013

Considerable Interest In The Socialist Fashion Show

The Kazova workers occupied their factory after not being
paid their wages or compensation and they have held a fashion
show to introduce the first products they have produced since the

resistance started, and a number of artists took part in the fashion
show. Among the artists who came onto the stage to model were
names like Pelin Batu, Cengiz Bozkurt, Hakan Yesilyurt and Alkay
Akkaya.

The Kazova workers first occupied the factory in which they
worked, then they repaired the machines it and began to produce
items – yesterday they presented to the market their products by
holding a fashion show. About 200 people took part in the Kazova

workers’ show in which some world-famous brands were displayed.
The workers put up a podium and sales platform in front of the
Kazova factory, saying they would produce good-quality products
for the people at inexpensive prices, and added: “When we were
thrown out of work we were stunned at first, not knowing what
to do. When we went on actions we did not shout slogans. Later
we learned to resist. Now we are producing without a boss.”

“Occupy, resist, produce”

“We will continue to produce,” they said. The writer Metin
Yegin, who supported the Kazova workers from the first days of
their resistance, said that capitalists had stolen many words from
the workers and “we too have taken their words, namely, fashion
show. This year’s model is ‘occupy, resist, produce’. The employ-
ment ministry should nationalise this factory and turn it over to

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