Turkey Mines

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  At Least 40 Killed In Turkey Mine Blast, Says Minister

  The count following a blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey rose to at least 40 killed, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday.

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  Nearly 50 Workers Trapped After Blast In Turkish Coal Mine: Report

  Nearly 50 coalminers were trapped hundreds of metres below ground on Friday after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey.

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  Rescuers In Turkey Search For 12 Missing Miners; 4 Dead

  Rescue teams recovered another body from a copper mine that collapsed in southeastern Turkey, officials said Friday, raising the death toll to four.

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  ISIS Mines Kill 21 Turkey-Backed Rebels In Syria: Monitor

  At least 21 Syrian rebels fighting alongside Turkish troops in northern Syria against the ISIS were killed Sunday by landmines laid by the jihadist group, a monitor said Monday.

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  Turkey Suspends Contested Gold Mine Project After Protests

  The Turkish government today ordered a halt to construction work on a gold mine in a town near the Black Sea until the legal process is exhausted, in a rare concession to environmental protesters.

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  Dozens Go on Trial Over Turkey's Worst Mining Disaster

  Dozens of suspects go on trial today over modern Turkey's worst mining disaster that left 301 miners dead in the western town of Soma and tarnished the image of the government under Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

• Bodies of Missing Turkish Miners Retrieved

  Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency says search teams have recovered the bodies of the last five miners who were among 18 who died when they were trapped deep inside a flooded coal mine.

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  Turkey Seeks to Rescue 18 Miners Trapped by Flood

  Turkish emergency workers were on Wednesday trying to reach 18 miners who were trapped when their shaft was engulfed by water, amid growing fears that they may have drowned.

• Turkish Miners March on Parliament to Demand Better Conditions

  A group of Turkish miners from the town hit in May by Turkey's worst ever mine tragedy marched on parliament on Wednesday to urge the government to honour the promises made in the wake of the disaster.

• Turkey's Tayyip Erodgan Slams Critics in German Speech

  Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan told a cheering arena of 16,000 diaspora supporters in Germany on Saturday to integrate but not assimilate and slammed German criticism of his response to a mining tragedy, in a defiant hour-long speech.

• Turkish PM's Aide who Kicked Protester Sacked: Official

  An aide to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan who made front page news around the world after being filmed kicking a protester in the wake of Turkey's worst ever mining accident has been sacked, a government official said on Saturday.

• Turkish Miners Down Tools over Disaster, Eight Suspects Held

  The main labour union in a Turkish town hit by the nation's worst mining disaster called on thousands of workers to down tools on Tuesday at mines run by the same operator until the sites have been properly inspected.

• Turkish Police Detain 24 in Mine Disaster Investigation

  Turkish police detained 24 people, including mining company executives and personnel, as an investigation into last week's mine disaster got underway and the last of the 301 victims were buried on Sunday.

• 'I Had to Step on My Friends' Bodies to Escape': Turkey Mine Survivor

  Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped.

• Turkish Miner Who Survived Says Company to Blame

  Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence.