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Sakarya fireworks factory explosion: Two factory owners sentenced to 16 years in prison

Sakarya fireworks factory explosion: Two factory owners sentenced to 16 years in prison

The 2020 explosion claimed the lives of seven factory workers and injured more than 120 others.

Constitutional Court finds rights violation in deadly 2004 train derailment

Constitutional Court finds rights violation in deadly 2004 train derailment

Forty-one people had lost their lives after a train derailment on the then newly introduced "accelerated train line." Only the train drivers received sentences for the incident.

7 defendants face up to 22 years in prison over deadly firework factory blast

PROSECUTOR'S OPINION

7 defendants face up to 22 years in prison over deadly firework factory blast

While the prosecutor has demanded the defendants’ penalization for “gross negligence” over the explosion at Coşkunlar Firework Factory in Sakarya, the relatives of the deceased have objected, saying that they should be penalized for “eventual intent”.

7 December 2021

Sakarya fireworks blast: Amount of stored explosives was above legal limits, experts find

Sakarya fireworks blast: Amount of stored explosives was above legal limits, experts find

Seven workers were killed and 127 were injured by the explosion in a fireworks factory last year in Sakarya, northwestern Turkey. An expert report has found the owners of the factory to be the "primary negligent party."

22 September 2021 Hikmet Adal

Hit by a police vehicle, child loses his life

3 DEATHS IN 2 WEEKS

Hit by a police vehicle, child loses his life

Going to school with his bike, 14-year-old Furkan Murat G. was hit by a police vehicle in Sakarya. The child has lost his life at hospital.

10 September 2021

Case of Sakarya fireworks factory explosion starts

Case of Sakarya fireworks factory explosion starts

Seven workers lost their lives and more than 120 were wounded in the explosion in early July.

Non-prosecution for attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya

Non-prosecution for attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya

While the prosecutor's office has given a decision of non-prosecution on charge of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred”, lawyers Leyla Kaya, Kemal Erdem, Nurullah Öner and former Sakarya Bar Chair Kazan will appeal against the non-prosecution.

25 December 2020

‘It is not groundless’: Attack on Kurdish workers hits front page of humor magazine

‘It is not groundless’: Attack on Kurdish workers hits front page of humor magazine

In its front page, Turkey’s weekly humor magazine Leman has problematized some state officials’ and MPs’ attitude towards the racist attack that targeted Kurdish seasonal agricultural workers in Turkey’s western province of Sakarya.

9 September 2020

Journalist Özgür Boğatekin probed over Facebook post against racist attack

Journalist Özgür Boğatekin probed over Facebook post against racist attack

Boğatekin has been summoned to the security directorate over a Facebook post where he criticized a racist attack against Kurdish workers.

8 September 2020 Hikmet Adal

Detained over attack on Kurdish workers, two people released

Detained over attack on Kurdish workers, two people released

Taken into custody for attacking the Kurdish agricultural workers who went from Mardin to Sakarya to harvest hazelnuts, two suspects have been released on probation.

8 September 2020

Arrested over child abuse, Islamic cult leader faces up to 55 years in prison

Arrested over child abuse, Islamic cult leader faces up to 55 years in prison

The indictment accepted by the court demands 15 years to 40 years, 1 month, 15 days in prison for “repeated sexual abuse of children” and 3 years to 15 years in prison for “deprivation of liberty for sexual purposes towards the child."

7 September 2020

The agenda of Hendek is the agenda of Turkey

IN THE WAKE OF FIREWORK EXPLOSIONS

The agenda of Hendek is the agenda of Turkey

Explosion, unemployment, poverty, economic crisis, pandemic… These are what is left behind after a day in Hendek, which has been recently struck by two firework blasts. They are also the only items on people’s agenda from the very west to the very east.

15 July 2020 Hikmet Adal

Meral Akşener: We won’t let İstanbul Convention be crushed by a couple of cowards

İYİ PARTY GROUP MEETING

Meral Akşener: We won’t let İstanbul Convention be crushed by a couple of cowards

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of her party, İYİ Party Chair Akşener has addressed the recent debates about Turkey's possible withdrawal from İstanbul Convention: "What is it that bothers you about İstanbul Convention?"

Interior Minister: Work and reconstruction permit of firework factory will be revoked

Interior Minister: Work and reconstruction permit of firework factory will be revoked

As three soldiers have lost their lives while carrying the fireworks waste from a factory in Sakarya where seven workers also lost their lives in a blast last week, Minister Soylu has announced that the work and reconstruction permit of the factory will be revoked.

Explosion at a truck carrying fireworks waste: 3 soldiers lose their lives

Explosion at a truck carrying fireworks waste: 3 soldiers lose their lives

An explosion has claimed the lives of three soldiers and injured 11 others and a truck driver while they were carrying the fireworks waste from the factory in Sakarya where seven workers also lost their lives in a blast last week.

Parliamentary inquiry into firework factory explosion rejected

Parliamentary inquiry into firework factory explosion rejected

Main opposition CHP’s Parliamentary inquiry into the firework factory explosion that claimed the lives of seven people in Hendek, Sakarya has been rejected by the votes of the ruling AKP and MHP MPs.

Fireworks factory explosion: One of the two owners of company remanded in custody

Fireworks factory explosion: One of the two owners of company remanded in custody

Seven people lost their lives and more than 120 were wounded in the explosion on July 3.

‘Death is hard, but it is much harder when it happens like this’

IN THE WAKE OF FACTORY EXPLOSION

‘Death is hard, but it is much harder when it happens like this’

Having lost her uncle in the firework factory blast in Sakarya, Uzuner says, “Owners of the factory called my cousin and said, ‘He shouldn’t have worked if he found it unsafe.’ They might be reducing the deceased to numbers, but they are not numbers for us.”

8 July 2020 Hikmet Adal

2 owners of firework factory detained

SAKARYA FACTORY EXPLOSION

2 owners of firework factory detained

As part of an investigation launched into the explosion that claimed the lives of seven people in Sakarya, owner of the firework factory Ali Rıza Coşkun and his son Yaşar Coşkun have been taken into custody.

'Workers didn't have protective equipment, cigarettes were allowed inside the factory'

EXPLOSION AT FIREWORKS FACTORY

'Workers didn't have protective equipment, cigarettes were allowed inside the factory'

"As we have become accustomed to after all the occupational homicides, the first ones to be detained are the managing director, the occupational safety specialist and two overseers," TMMOB has said.

Death toll rises to 7 in firework factory explosion, 4 people arrested

Death toll rises to 7 in firework factory explosion, 4 people arrested

While the Governor’s Office of Sakarya has announced that seven people in total have lost their lives in the firework factory blast, one manager, one occupational safety specialist and two workmasters have been arrested as part of the investigation.

Fireworks factory explosion: 'They endangered people's lives,' says killed worker's brother

Fireworks factory explosion: 'They endangered people's lives,' says killed worker's brother

Murat Tepeçınar, who lost his brother in the explosion in Sakarya, has said that the businesspeople "didn't even attend our funerals. we are not their enemies.

6 July 2020 Hikmet Adal

Explosion at firework factory: Death toll rises to 6, 1 person still missing

Explosion at firework factory: Death toll rises to 6, 1 person still missing

Health Minister Koca has announced that while six people who lost their lives in the explosion in Sakarya have been identified, one person has not yet been found. 5 wounded people are still treated at hospitals, one in intensive care.

Sakarya factory explosion: Chemical engineers chamber head calls for urgent evacuation

Sakarya factory explosion: Chemical engineers chamber head calls for urgent evacuation

Chemical gases released after an explosion at a fireworks factory are harmful to health, Ali Uğurlu has warned.

3 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Explosion at firework factory in Sakarya province

Explosion at firework factory in Sakarya province

An explosion took place at a firework factory in the district of Hendek in Turkey’s western Sakarya province. Health Minister Koca has announced that four four people have died and 97 others have been wounded in the blast as of 3.40 p.m.

Attack on Amedspor in Sakarya

Attack on Amedspor in Sakarya

Before the football match between Sakaryaspor and Diyarbakır-based Amedspor, video footages of operations were displayed on the screen. After the match, the fans of Sakaryaspor attacked the Amedspor players at the bench and in the changing room.

15 October 2018