Muharrem Karaman Papers
Period 1957-1999
Total size 5
m.
Consultation Not restricted
Biography
Born in (Akçadağ) Malatya, Turkey 1938; emigrated to Belgium in 1964; learned French while working as a coal miner in Charleroi; studied in the same time at a school for miners; in 1971 he has been elected as union representative; in 1972 member of the National Assemble of the Confederation des Syndicats Chrétiens (CSC) and eventually in 1974 the head of the Turkish Department of the same union; from 1975-1979 he studied social work and graduated on The Housing Question of Migrants in Belgium; between 1979-1994 representative of the CSC in the council of migrants of the Department of Culture; chairman of the Centre Turc d'Information, Animation Culturelle et d'Aide Sociale (Turk-Danis) in Belgium; retired in 1994.
Content
Documents relating to his activities for the Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens (CSC) 1973-1997, the Centre Turc d'Information, Animation Culturelle et d'Aide Sociale (Turk-Danis) 1973-1997, concerning the coup d'état in Turkey on 12 September 1980 and the trial against the Türkiye Devrimci şçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu (DISK) 1974-1987, documents on the support by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) of DISK 1979-1986, Migrants' Forum of the European Union 1977-1997, Comité Belge pour la Démocratie en Turquie (Belgian Committee for Democracy in Turkey) 1980-1989, Avrupa Türkiye Toplumu Konseyi (ATTK) 1989-1996; documentation on Turkish migrants in Belgium, human rights in Turkey and Turkish labour 1957-1997.
Arrangement
The original arrangement of the papers has been retained; periodicals and books have been transferred to the library of the IISH; photographs and posters have been stored in the audiovisual department of the IISH.
Processing information
List made by Mehmet Bilgen in 2003
LIST
Activities
- 1-5
- Documents relating to his activities as representative of migrants for the Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens (CSC). 1973- 1997. 5 boxes.
- 6-9
- Documents relating to activities of the Centre Turc d'Information, Animation Culturelle et d'Aide Sociale (Turk-Danis). 1973- 1997. 4 boxes.
- 12-13
- Documents concerning the coup d'etat in Turkey on 12 September 1980 and the trial against the Türkiye Devrimci ¤Õçi Sendikalar2 Konfederasyonu (D?SK). 1974-1987. 2 boxes.
- 14-15
- Documents relating to minorities, racism, discrimination, Islamic conservatism and fascism in Belgium and Turkey. 1976-1994. 2 boxes.
- 16
- Documents relating to free movement (in Europe) of Turkish labour. With documents concerning the conference Social Rights and Freedom of Movement (Turkey- European Union), organised by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). 1976-1982, 1993-1997. 1 box.
- 23
- Documents relating to the solidarity activities of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) with the D?SK. 1979-1986. 1 box.
- 24
- Documents of the Comité Belge pour la Démocratie en Turquie (Belgian Committee for Democracy in Turkey). 1980- 1989. 1 box.
- 25
- Documents relating to Armenians, Christians and Kurds in the Republic of Turkey. With documentation on the arrest of Abdullah Öcalan. 1982-1998. 1 box.
- 26
- Documents of the Conseil Consultatif pour les Populations d'Origine Étrangère de la Communauté Française (CCPOE) concerning integration. 1987-1995. 1 box.
- 27
- Correspondence and other documents concerning Avrupa Türkiye Toplumu Konseyi (ATTK). 1989-1996. 1 box.
- 28
- Documents concerning the symposium 'The Social Dimension and the Role of the Trade Union in the Relations between Turkey and the EU'. 1994- 1995. 1 box.