Ermenek

Best known for coal, the ground beneath the southern Anatolian district of Ermenek is continuing to reveal priceless artifacts from humanity's prehistoric era, as well as more recent ancient civilizations.

Testimonies inside the indictment regarding the mining accident in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman's Ermenek district that left 18 workers dead last year have revealed that the disaster was waiting to happen. 

A lawsuit has been opened into accused of responsibility in a mine accident in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman's Ermenek district that left 18 workers dead last year.

The Ermenek Public Prosecutor's Office announced that a civil lawsuit had been launched at a high criminal court on charges of causing the death of more than one person through conscious negligence.

None of the proposals suggested in the report on the Soma mining disaster of May 2014 have been taken into consideration in any laws passed since the tragedy, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Manisa deputy Özgür Özel has said.

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.

The Zeyve Bazaar Promenade is in an area connecting the district of Ermenek with Mersin’s Anamur and Gülnar districts.

One miner has died in a landslide that took place at a Central Anatolian mine in the city of Karaman early June 18.

Mustafa Yirik, 41, died in the hospital after he was removed from the mine that is operated by a private firm in the Güneyyurt neighborhood of the Ermenek district.