Eğitim-Bir-Sen

What Eğitim-Bir-Sen does

Eğitim-Bir-Sen (Eğitimciler Birliği Sendikası) is a Turkish labor union founded in 1989, headquartered in the Altındağ district of Ankara, that represents education workers — including teachers, school administrators, education supervisors, and support staff — across all 81 provinces of Turkey. It holds the official "Genel Yetkili Sendika" (General Authorized Union) designation, making it the legally recognized collective bargaining counterpart for the sector, and has completed 8 rounds of collective bargaining (Toplu Sözleşme) with documented achievements on salaries, working conditions, and professional rights. The union is affiliated with the MEMUR-SEN Confederation, positioning it as the education-sector arm of one of Turkey's largest public-sector confederations.

The organization's core service offering is union representation, augmented by a digital member platform (EBS Dijital Platform) for internal communication, interactive media, and member self-service. It also operates EBSAM (Eğitim-Bir-Sen Academy) for professional development and publishes a substantial portfolio of academic journals, research reports, and bulletins, including Eğitime Bakış Dergisi, Eğitim ve İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, Yükseköğretime Bakış Raporu, and the Kadın Bülteni from its dedicated Women's Commission. Additional engagement channels include the Istanbul EdUnion Forum (an international solidarity event), national Türkiye Buluşmaları gatherings, and regular press releases and opinion columns from named union leaders.

Eğitim-Bir-Sen's business model is subscription/recurring membership dues paid by education workers, the standard revenue mechanic for Turkish labor unions. It uses a community-led go-to-market motion, recruiting and retaining members through its provincial branch network, awareness campaigns, research publications, and events. No external venture or private-equity capital is involved; the organization is governed by an elected General Board under its own constitution (Tüzük) with Ali Yalçın serving as Chairman.

Name

Eğitim-Bir-Sen

Legal name

Eğitimciler Birliği Sendikası

Website

https://egitimbirsen.org.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eğitim-Bir-Sen (Eğitimciler Birliği Sendikası) is a Turkish labor union founded in 1989, representing education workers across all 81 provinces under the official General Authorized Union designation, funded through membership dues and affiliated with MEMUR-SEN Confederation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: Eğitim-Bir-Sen generates revenue through membership dues paid by education workers (teachers, administrators, and staff) who join the union. This is the standard revenue model for labor unions in Turkey.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Eğitim-Bir-Sen is a Turkish labor union representing education workers (teachers, school administrators, supervisors, and support staff) through collective bargaining, legal assistance, and advocacy on wages and working conditions. The union delivers member services via 81 provincial branches across Turkey, the EBS Dijital Platform, and EBSAM (Eğitim-Bir-Sen Academy) for professional development, alongside research publications and the Women's Commission for female educators.

Product overview

Eğitim-Bir-Sen operates as a unified platform offering union services, digital resources, and publications. The core digital offering is the EBS Dijital Platform, supplemented by EBSAM (Eğitim Bir-Sen Akademi) for professional development. The portfolio includes multiple academic journals (Eğitime Bakış Dergisi, Eğitim ve İnsani Bilimler Dergisi), research reports (Eğitime Bakış Raporu, Yükseköğretime Bakış Raporu, Araştırmalar), periodic bulletins (Haber Bültenleri, Kadın Bülteni), and focused analytical publications (Odak Analiz, Eğitime Bakış Notu). The organization also produces documentary and promotional films, digital media content, and provides interactive services including membership processing, legal resources, and collective agreement documentation through its digital platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EBS: Abbreviated name used for institutional identity and corporate materials
• EBSAM

Products and services

• EBS Dijital Platform A digital platform providing interactive media content, corporate identity materials, promotional films, and organizational resources for union members and provincial branches.
• EBSAM (Eğitim-Bir-Sen Akademi) An academy providing training and professional development for education workers, academics, and public servants affiliated with Eğitim-Bir-Sen.
• Union Membership and Collective Bargaining Representation Voluntary union membership service that entitles education workers to collective bargaining representation across 8 successive negotiation rounds, legal assistance, and advocacy on salaries, benefits, and working conditions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 documented achievements from the 8th term collective bargaining process

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MEMUR-SEN Konfederasyonu (Public Workers' Confederation)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEğitim-Bir-Sen is affiliated with MEMUR-SEN Confederation, one of Turkey's largest public sector union confederations. The confederation logo appears on the union's website alongside its own logo, indicating a formal membership relationship where Eğitim-Bir-Sen operates as the education sector arm of the confederation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• National Education Association (NEA): Largest U.S. teacher union with millions of members and broad educational policy advocacy. Functionally comparable to Eğitim-Bir-Sen in collective bargaining, professional development, and research publication activity, though at vastly larger scale.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): Major U.S. teacher union affiliated with AFL-CIO, offering collective bargaining, professional development, and educational research. Mirrors Eğitim-Bir-Sen's portfolio of services for educators at a much larger scale.

Others

• Türkiye Kamu-Sen: Rival confederation to MEMUR-SEN in Turkish public-sector unionism and parent of Türk Eğitim-Sen. Competes for collective bargaining authority and member share across public-employee segments including education.
• KESK (Confederation of Public Workers' Unions): Rival Turkish public-sector union confederation and parent of Eğitim-Sen. Operates in the same collective bargaining and member-share competition landscape across multiple public sectors including education.
• MEMUR-SEN Confederation: Parent confederation of Eğitim-Bir-Sen, comprising multiple sector-specific public-worker unions. Provides the structural framework, collective bargaining capacity, and political leverage that Eğitim-Bir-Sen operates within.

Direct peers

• Eğitim-Sen: KESK-affiliated Turkish education workers' union and the principal rival to Eğitim-Bir-Sen for the same teacher, administrator, and education-staff membership base. Competes head-to-head in collective bargaining representation with opposing political alignment.
• Türk Eğitim-Sen: Türkiye Kamu-Sen-affiliated education union directly competing with Eğitim-Bir-Sen for education-sector membership and authorized-union status. Targets the same teachers, administrators, and education staff with a distinct political positioning.

Regional players

• Australian Education Union: Federation of Australian teacher unions representing educators across all states and territories. Comparable in scope (collective bargaining, training, research publications) to Eğitim-Bir-Sen's operations across Turkey's 81 provinces.
• NASUWT (The Teachers' Union, UK): UK-based teachers' union offering collective bargaining, professional development, and legal services to educators. Functionally comparable to Eğitim-Bir-Sen as a sectoral union focused exclusively on education workers, though operating in a different regulatory regime.
• Education International: Global federation of teacher unions of which Eğitim-Bir-Sen is a member through MEMUR-SEN. Provides international solidarity, policy exchange, and a peer network across 180+ national education unions worldwide.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/e%C4%9Fitim-bir-sen

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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