Murat Koca
Funerals held for Ermenek miners as Turkey’s top cleric urges employers on work safety
Funerals were held on Nov. 19 for eight miners who died in a mine disaster in the Southern Anatolian town of Ermenek, with Turkeyâs top religious official calling on employers to provide work safety for all their workers.
Hopes dim as 18 Turkish miners remain under 11,000 tonnes of water
Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yıldız announced early Oct. 29 that the water level in the flooded Karaman mine started to decrease almost 15 hours after the incident, but hopes were fading as 18 trapped miners remained below 11,000 tonnes of water Hopes were fading on Oct.
Time is running out for 18 miners trapped in central Turkey coal mine
Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has announced that time is running out in the flooded Karaman mine as the water level keeps rising a meter every two hours. 'This is the third flooding,' a survivor has said, blaming the operating company 18 workers have been trapped at a coal mine in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman on Oct. 28.