Zonguldak mine disaster

The explosion hit a bus in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa

The two miners, buried in a collapsed mine in the Turkish province of Zonguldak, were found dead, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.

Three mine workers were trapped under rubble following a coal mine collapse on Nov. 27 in the Kilimli district of Zonguldak province, in Turkey’s Black Sea region.

Rescuers on Nov. 27 recovered two more bodies of miners killed after a landslide at the Madenköy copper mine in the southeastern province of Siirt, a security source said.        

The body of another missing miner was recovered on Nov. 24, seven days after a mine collapse in the Şirvan district of the southeastern province of Siirt, bringing the number of bodies found at the Madenköy copper mine to eight. 

Eight other workers still remain trapped underground. 

Two miners have died due to carbon dioxide poisoning at an unlicensed mining facility in Turkey?s Black Sea province of Zonguldak. 

Erol Gün and Ahmet ?en, who were working at an unlicensed coal mining facility in Zonguldak, died as a result of carbon dioxide poisoning on Aug. 31. 

Turkey commemorates the first anniversary of Soma mining disaster, the deadliest in the country's history, which claimed the lives of 301 miners.

The families of the 301 workers killed in the mining disaster at the Soma coal mine in western Turkey have marched. Here are the photos

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.

2014 was a “deadly” year for Turkey and for the country’s workers. Fatal mining and construction accidents left hundreds of workers dead and big scars for their families as well as in our memories.