Soma

Soma court delays trial in 2014 mine disaster

A local court has postponed the trial of 28 public officials linked to the 2014 mining disaster in the western city of Manisa's Soma district that claimed the lives of 301 workers.

During the second hearing on Sept. 12, defendant lawyers requested a new expert report, while the families of the victims and their legal representatives urged the case's transfer to a heavy penal court.

Court indicts public officials in 2014 Soma mine disaster

A local court has filed a case against a group of public officials in connection with the 2014 mining disaster in the western province of Manisa's Soma district that claimed the lives of 301 workers.

According to a statement from Some Prosecutor's Office on Dec. 25, the case encompasses 28 public officials identified with negligence in Türkiye's deadliest mining accident.

Forgetting disasters

There are so many similar stories like this…

This time it is from the Aegean district of Soma, struck by a mine coal disaster in 2014 that killed 301 miners. 

Several campaigns were run after the mine disaster; this was the one of them. 

Projects emphasizing on sports were held to overcome the trauma of Soma.

82-year-old woman's community service sentence ends after fight with cane

An 82-year-old woman in the Aegean province of Manisa, who received a sentence to serve community service by guarding a mosque in her village after she got involved in a fight with her cane, was cleared of charges on Feb. 23 after seven months, Doğan News Agency has reported.

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