Mine Workers Union
Coal miner victims commemorated on 23th year of accident
The 263 miners who were killed in an accident in Black Sea province of Zonguldak 23 years ago were commemorated on March 3 by families and their colleagues who survived the incident.
An explosion in the Kozlu mine, operated by the state Turkish Coal Institute (TTK), claimed the lives of 263 miners on March 3, 1992, in one of the worst mine disasters in Turkey's history.
Workers locked themselves in mine to protest layoff their colleagues
Some 350 workers have begun a protest by locking themselves inside of a mine in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak in reaction to the dismissal of their 60 colleagues.