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How were the conditions at Amasra mine?

How were the conditions at Amasra mine?

While the Amasra mine was "one of the safest" with security equipment, the people employed in the mine were undertrained, says a retired worker.

21 October 2022 Evrim Kepenek

At least 41 workers killed in coal mine explosion in northern Türkiye

At least 41 workers killed in coal mine explosion in northern Türkiye

Some 110 workers were in the mine at the time of the explosion caused by firedamp. Four workers are in critical condition.

15 October 2022

Nickel mine waste flows into stream after pipe burst in western Turkey

Nickel mine waste flows into stream after pipe burst in western Turkey

Soil around the facility is covered with a white liquid, which the company operating the mine says is calcium carbonate.

Olive groves opened to mining activities ahead of expert examination in Akbelen Forest

Olive groves opened to mining activities ahead of expert examination in Akbelen Forest

Before the expert examination to be held for a coal mine attempted to be run in Akbelen Forest in İkizköy, the mining regulation has been amended. The amendment has made way for mining activities in olive groves.

Forty-five workers injured in mine collapse after firedamp explosion in İzmir

Forty-five workers injured in mine collapse after firedamp explosion in İzmir

The company was previously warned about high levels of methane in the mine, a union has stated.

20 December 2021

Heavy metals flowing into stream after collapse in mine waste storage facility in Balıkesir

Heavy metals flowing into stream after collapse in mine waste storage facility in Balıkesir

Environmental groups call for the closure of the mine after the second collapse in a year.

14 December 2021

Petition for Akbelen forest: ‘We won’t surrender it for coal’

TARKAN EXPRESSES SUPPORT

Petition for Akbelen forest: ‘We won’t surrender it for coal’

A petition has been launched for the Akbelen forest in Muğla in the face of cutting of trees for coal supply to a nearby thermal power plant. Sharing the petition on social media, musician Tarkan has said, “Leave nature alone.”

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

INTERVENTION IN İKİZKÖY

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

The gendarmerie have dragged the citizens out of the Akbelen forest in fire-hit Muğla while they were on vigil against the efforts of LİMAK Holding to extend the mine for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Villagers and environmentalists are still resisting.

10 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

Soma mine explosion case: Mining company’s board chair sentenced to 20 years

NO DEFENDANTS ARRESTED

Soma mine explosion case: Mining company’s board chair sentenced to 20 years

Standing trial on charge of “causing death and injury with conscious negligence” due to the Soma mine explosion, which claimed the lives of 301 workers, mining company’s executive board chair Can Gürkan has been given a 20-year prison term.

‘Sell your land’: Pro-government company threatens villagers with expropriation

‘Sell your land’: Pro-government company threatens villagers with expropriation

Cengiz Holding has sent a letter to the villagers who object to the mine that the company wants to operate in Mount Ida: “Sell your land or we will appeal to the ministry and request expropriation.”

Women of Kirazlıyayla against mining company: ‘We won’t give up’

Women of Kirazlıyayla against mining company: ‘We won’t give up’

The Meyra Mining Company has been expanding its copper-lead-zinc mine in Bursa despite all objections of villagers. The women of Kirazlıyayla say that water sources of the village are destroyed and cattle do not graze in the pasture any longer.

Mine collapses in Zonguldak, one worker loses his life

Mine collapses in Zonguldak, one worker loses his life

Miner Salif Zıvalı has lost his life after an unlicensed mine in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Zonguldak collapsed.

Company cuts down trees to extend gold mine in Black Sea region

Company cuts down trees to extend gold mine in Black Sea region

A company mining gold with cyanide cut down trees in Ordu province before the Environmental Impact Assessment process was finalized. Ordu Environment Association will file a criminal complaint against the responsible parties.

8,882 stone pines to be cut down for granite quarry

NORTH AEGEAN

8,882 stone pines to be cut down for granite quarry

An Environmental Impact Assessment report has been prepared to extend the 14-hectare granite quarry to 110 hectares. The report covering an area in Bergama and Ayvalık in the north Aegean foresees the cutting of nearly 9 thousand stone pines.

18 February 2021

Soma mine explosion: Court of Cassation reverses own verdict, reduces sentences

Soma mine explosion: Court of Cassation reverses own verdict, reduces sentences

With the new ruling, none of the defendants will go back to prison for the 2014 coal mine explosion that killed 301 workers.

28 January 2021

71 percent of Artvin province is mining licensed

REPORT BY TEMA FOUNDATION

71 percent of Artvin province is mining licensed

The TEMA Foundation has prepared a report regarding the mining activities in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Artvin. The report has shown that 71 percent of the province is currently mining licensed.

12 January 2021

Occupational homicide in Zonguldak province

Occupational homicide in Zonguldak province

Ramazan Toprak (34), working in the night shift, got trapped between two carriages and lost his life in a mine of the Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise Institution (TTK) in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Zonguldak.

11 January 2021

Soma miners’ march to Ankara banned by governor’s office

Soma miners’ march to Ankara banned by governor’s office

“Commercial activities to be undertaken with the aim of getting economic benefits have been excluded from the ban. Thus, it is a decision that protects the employer while disregarding workers’ rights,” says Aksu from the Independent Mine Workers’ Union.

8 October 2020 Hikmet Adal

40 miners are neither paid their wages, nor dismissed from their jobs

RESISTANCE IN FRONT OF CLOSED MINE

40 miners are neither paid their wages, nor dismissed from their jobs

Workers of a mine in Ermenek, Karaman have started a second resistance as neither their wages nor their severance are paid. “There were times when I could not even afford baby food and diapers for my child,” says Abdullah Büber, one of the miners.

1 September 2020 Hikmet Adal

Panel of experts say Kirazlıyayla mine is ‘against the law’

Panel of experts say Kirazlıyayla mine is ‘against the law’

The panel of experts have completed their examination on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report given by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization for the tailings dam planned to be constructed in Kirazlıyayla, Bursa.

Council of State upholds cancellation of EIA report for gold mine in Murat Mountain

Council of State upholds cancellation of EIA report for gold mine in Murat Mountain

The positive Environmental Impact Assessment report given for a gold mine in Murat Mountain in the Aegean was previously cancelled by the local court. The Council of State has upheld the cancellation, noting that “no more legal remedies are available.”

‘What is done is done in Kirazlıyayla, what happens if we win the lawsuit?’

DEMİR FROM BURSA NATURE ASSOCIATION

‘What is done is done in Kirazlıyayla, what happens if we win the lawsuit?’

The villagers of Kirazlıyayla in Bursa are still resisting against the works of Meyra Mining Company for a lead, zinc and copper processing plant and tailings dam in the region.

30 June 2020 Sakine Orman

2 Miners Trapped Underground in Mine Collapse in Zonguldak

2 Miners Trapped Underground in Mine Collapse in Zonguldak

A mine has collapsed in Zonguldak, trapping two miners underground. The mine was reportedly unlicensed and sealed off by the authorities last year.

31 January 2020

Dead Body of Miner Recovered from Debris of Unlicensed Mine in Şırnak

Dead Body of Miner Recovered from Debris of Unlicensed Mine in Şırnak

Trapped under debris after an unlicensed mine collapsed in Şırnak, the dead body of miner Hasan İnal has been taken to the mortuary of Şırnak State Hospital for postmortem examination. Detained yesterday, İnal’s family has been released.

26 December 2019

Collapse in Mine Owned by Company Responsible for Deaths of 301 Workers

Collapse in Mine Owned by Company Responsible for Deaths of 301 Workers

A mine owned by the company responsible for the occupational homicide that claimed 301 workers' lives in 2014 has collapsed in Manisa. 11 workers have been rescued wounded after yesterday's incident.

13 December 2018

Owner of Mine, Where 3 Workers Die, Arrested

Owner of Mine, Where 3 Workers Die, Arrested

İsmail Aygün, the owner of the mine in Zonguldak, where three workers have lost their lives and two workers were injured in an explosion, has been arrested.

22 November 2018

3 Workers Lose Their Lives in Explosion in Mine in Zonguldak

3 Workers Lose Their Lives in Explosion in Mine in Zonguldak

The deceased bodies of three workers, who were trapped in the mine in Zonguldak after an explosion, have been taken out of the mine.

21 November 2018

Zonguldak Governor: We Have No Hope That Workers in Mine are Still Alive

Zonguldak Governor: We Have No Hope That Workers in Mine are Still Alive

An explosion has occurred in a mine in Zonguldak; while two of the workers have been rescued, three workers have been trapped in the mine. Governor Bektaş has said, “We have no hope that the trapped workers are still alive.”

21 November 2018

4 Mining Accidents in 4 Days

4 Mining Accidents in 4 Days

Four mining accidents took place across Turkey between September 15 and 18. In the accidents, one person lost his life and 12 people were injured. The Chamber of Mining Engineers has given a statement for the press regarding the accidents.

21 September 2018

19 Coal Mine Managers Detained in Şırnak

19 Coal Mine Managers Detained in Şırnak

Şırnak Governorship has stated that 19 managers have been detained as part of the investigation launched into the mine collapse that killed seven workers.

25 October 2017

Human Chain Protest Against Expert Board in Artvin

Human Chain Protest Against Expert Board in Artvin

People of Artvin have created a human chain to protest against the expert board from Rize Administrative Court regarding the mining activities planned to be put in action in Cerattepe.

Explosion in Mardin, Municipality Worker Killed

Explosion in Mardin, Municipality Worker Killed

47-year-old municipality worker Ramazan Tari has lost his life resulted by mine planted under the road detonated, and a police officer wounded in Turkey’s southeastern Dargeçit district of Mardin province.

11 November 2015