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Turkey's Soma mine victim's 3-year-old son dies at hospital
Three-year-old son of a miner, who was killed in Turkey?s worst mine disaster in 2013 along with 300 other miners in Soma, died on May 4 due a disease he had been suffering from for two years.
Soma locals on duty against cutting olive groves
Villagers in the Aegean town of Soma are keeping guard at their olive groves following a code that has opened such fields to the construction of power plants.
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Forged signature found in Soma mine disaster case
A document saying the owner of the Soma mine will not be held responsible in the case of a work-related accident has a forged signature
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In Turkey, it is better to be sorry than safe – again
Turkeyâs leaders often boast that their country has a big and quickly growing economy and a big population. That criteria never makes a country a decent place to live in. That explains why most Turkish expats are scattered through Europeâs tiny countries instead of Bangladesh or Egypt.
Gov’t delays tradesmen’s debts in Soma after mining disaster
Small shop ownersâ debts in the town of Soma in the Aegean province of Manisa have been postponed for a year to support the business in the town, which was hit by the major mining disaster that killed 301 workers.
Soma miners protest failure in their salary payments
A group of miners who work in three separate mines owned by Soma Holding in the western district of Soma have held a sit-in protest claiming their salaries were not paid.
Turkish PM’s wife visits families of Soma victims
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄanâs wife Emine ErdoÄan has visited several victimsâ families of the Soma mine accident almost a month after the worst mining disaster the country has ever had.
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