Turkey's Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) said it would hold a two-day strike from Tuesday in a protest against what it called "state terror" by authorities against anti-government demonstrations.
"The state terror implemented against entirely peaceful protests is continuing in a way that threatens civilians' life safety," KESK said Monday in a statement on its website.
The leftist confederation, which has some 240,000 members in 11 unions, criticised the police crackdown on protesters and said the Islamist-rooted government's response has shown to the world its "enmity to democracy."
The strike is likely to affect schools, universities and public offices throughout the country.
The nationwide unrest began as a local outcry against plans to redevelop a park near Istanbul's Taksim Square, but, after a heavy-handed police response, quickly snowballed into broader protests against what critics say is the government's increasingly conservative and authoritarian agenda.
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