New Formation in 1992
The 8th general assembly of DİSK was held on 19–22 January 1992. Kemal Nebioglu was elected chairman and Süleyman Çelebi secretary general. By 1994 DİSK had 16 affiliates, 14 of which had organized over 10% of the workers in their branches, and had a total of 330,000 members. DİSK has 11 representative offices in Belgium (European Representative Office), Ankara, Adana, Izmir, Bursa, Antalya, Edirne, Diyarbakir, Samsun, Izmit and Gaziantep.
During the 11th Congress between 28 and 30 July 2000 Süleyman Çelebi was elected to chair DİSK.
The following trade unions are members of DİSK:
| Turkish name | Sector | Chair |
| Gida-İş | nutrition | Celal Ovat |
| Basin-İş | press | Ertuğrul Bilir |
| Birleşik Metal-İş | metal | Adnan Serdaroğlu |
| Dev Maden-Sen | mine workers | Çetin Uygur |
| Dev Sağlik-İş | health | Arzu Çerkezoğlu |
| Devrimci Yapı-İş | construction | Dursun Açıkbaş |
| Emekli-Sen | pensioners | Veli Beysülen |
| Bank-Sen | banks | Önder Atay |
| Cam Keramik-İş | glass-pottery | Mehmet Turp |
| Tümka-İş | paper | Kemal Yılmaz |
| Lastik-İş | petrol, chemical, tires | Abdullah Karacan |
| Limter-İş | shipyards | Kamber Saygılı |
| Nakliyat-İş | transport | Ali Rıza Küçükosmanoğlu |
| Sine-Sen | film | Zafer Ayden |
| Sosyal-İş | social | Metin Ebetürk |
| Tekstil | textile | Rıdvan Budak |
| Genel-İş | general | Erol Ekici |
Read more about this topic: Confederation Of Progressive Trade Unions Of Turkey
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