Unusual tags on garments at Zara Stores

Spain-based Inditex is one of the world's largest fashion retailers, and it owns 7,405 stores and employs 162,450 people.

Its biggest brand Zara has previously come under fire when it was accused of slave and child labor, as well as exploiting Syrian refugees.

Zara's parent company Inditex said they had paid Bravo Tekstil all it was due but that money failed to make its way to the pockets of the workers.

The company said it had set up, along with Mango and Next, a hardship fund of 210,000 euros ($246,000; £188,000) to help the most vulnerable workers in need.

Shoppers at Zara stores across Istanbul found these unusual tags left on garments, hidden in the crease of a pair of jeans or in the pocket of a jacket.

The tags were left by workers from local company Bravo Tekstil, which produced clothes for Zara and other big international brands like Next and Mango.

One of the tags has the message "I made this item you're going to buy, but I didn't get paid for it!"

The manufacturer went bankrupt overnight in July 2016, and its workers said they were not paid in the period up to its closing. Now, they ask Zara to compensate their losses and pay them three months of back wages and severance.

"One morning we came to work, and the firm was gone. The shutters were closed down. Our boss had disappeared," said Filiz Tutya, one of Bravo Tekstil workers.

"We had no other choice but start this campaign. We put these tags on garments across every Zara store in every shopping mall across Istanbul. We don't want to harm Zara. That's not what this is about. But we want what is owed to us."