Livestock producers, butchers, restaurant owners, farmers and many other unions, granted the government time until tomorrow for the decision of imported meat be lifted.
STRIKE GETTING SERIOUS
Initiating the strike three days ago, the livestock producers warned that if the government does not do as they said until tomorrow, a nationwide general strike will be launched on Monday.
BOTH GATES BROKEN DOWN
“The strike we initiated has turned into a social action” Head of the Livestock Producers and Breeders Association Mustafa Naimoğulları was cited as saying. Livestock producers broke down the gates of the Prime Ministry building and the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation yesterday and set fire to the area. The demonstrators announced that the protest will continue today.
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