Language: Kurdish / Kurdí / کوردی / K’öрди

Basın-İş was one of the five unions that helped lay the foundation for the establishment of the Confederation of Progressive Unions of Turkey (DİSK) on 13 February 1967, together with Maden-İş and Lastik-İş, which split off from Türk-İş, as well as Gıda-İş and Türk Maden-İş, two independent unions.