146 Workers Killed in Occupational Homicides in May
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According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 146 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides in May and at least 741 workers in the first five months of 2017.
The occupational homicides which occurred after the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 entered into force are as follows:
At least 403 workers in the first five months of 2013,
at least 858 workers in the first five months of 2014,
at least 665 workers in the first five months of 2015,
at least 722 workers in the first five months of 2016
at least 741 workers in the first five months of 2017.
The distribution of the occupational homicide victims by age are:
5 workers in the age group of 15-17
19 workers in the age group of 18-27
68 workers in the age group of 28-50
36 workers in the age group of 51-64
8 workers above the age of 65
The ages of 10 workers could not be determined.
Names of those who lost their lives:
Mehmet Başal, Muazzez Duman, Selahattin Çakaloğlu, Niyazi Atlı, Emine Ağaroğlu, Nihat Eren, Nurettin Aliyev, Gülsüm Özbek, Muhittin İnan, Hamza Saraç, R.F., Ramazan Yetkin, Mehmet Yeşilak, İsmail Çolak, Seyfullah Ömgün, Tuba Akkoyun, Ahmet İksavuk, Nuri Kazancı, Nurettin Özkan, Hüseyin Çelik, Yılmaz Yeşilçöp, Nuri Duman, Mehmet Er, Şükrü Akkurt, Harun Uzgul, Avni Süslü, İ.K., Aziz Sözeri, Mehmet Belenli, Hasan Hüseyin Başer, Ali Üğüdüler, Ahmet Faruk Elcan, Hasan Koçaker, Erdoğan Güney, Havva Bozkurt, Şevket Konkan, Mustafa Akbaş, Levent Yılmaz, Tayfun Keskin, Volkan Köroğlu, Atilla Kara, Gürol Gürsoy, Levent Korkmaz, Esen Çavuş, Serkan Kaya, Osman Avcı, Doğan Bodur, Recep Kumbas, Tahsin Öz, Ekrem Sezer, Ömer Faruk Sever, İbrahim Yeşilbağ, Şeref Kara, Bekir Budak, Özcan Karaatlı, Nahit Güngör, Uğur İpek, Enes Darılmaz, Arif Tunç, Tahir Şık, Ahmet Çakallıoğlu, Seydi Özacar, Mustafa Alper, Muzaffer Akşehirli, Murat Danacı, Abdurrahman Gül, Emre Murat Ertaş, Emin Çelik, Muammer Yılmaz, Zübeyir Al Bakuz, Serkan Pala, Mesut Birinci, Ali Gür, Şevket Tabla, Kasım Akan, Hacı Ahmet Aktaş, Necmettin Maraba, Dursun Güngör, Zülküf Güneş, Emre Temel, Sedat Yavuz, Hamdi Taşkafa, Abdulkerim Ceyhan, Mehmet Can, Mehmet Cankatan, Hamza Gülbahçe, Ali Dal, Caner Gürbüz, Kadir Gürakar, Cemali Yuvka, Bünyamin Aydoğan, Yüksel Altay, Aydın Maman, Burak Tuncer, Ahmet Doğru, Süleyman Oğuz Korkmaz, Mehmet Resül Geçer, Turgut Sarıca, Ali Ayar, İsrafil Mercan, Kaı Tang, Cevat Atalı, İsmail Algül, Aydın Bakımlı, Ercan Çelikarslan, Hasan Ali Aslankan, Nafi Kamacı, Mehmet Arat, Mustafa Fidan, Mehmet Kılınç, Hasan Bilen, Salih Alus, Recep Korkmazgöz, Reşit Genç, Bilal Oltu, İbrahim Köroğlu, Muammer Eğin, Akkül Alp, Güven Arıcı, İsa Noyan, Armağan Serttaş, Burhan Elmas, Özcan Alp, Hayrettin Pala, E.M., Osman Kahraman, Yaşar Bakır, Sinan Koyuncu, Ali Rıza Yıldız, Mehmet Sait Berilgen, Murat Varol, Engin Türkmen, Hidayettin Kalaycı, Mehmet Karaduman, Serkan Koltak, İsa Top, Yılmaz Ferhat, Mehmet Onur Kadıoğlu, Şahabettin Oğlak, Mehmet Ali Akalın, Mehmet Öztaş, Erol Kacur, Hüseyin Fillik, Ersin Gezer, V.S. and another worker who could not be identified. (NV/DG)