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