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Soma mine explosion | Company owner will serve eight days in prison for every killed miner

Soma mine explosion | Company owner will serve eight days in prison for every killed miner

Some 301 miners lost their lives in the 2014 explosion in Soma, Manisa. The owner of the mining company will have served seven years in prison.

Impunity for Soma massacre, prison sentence for protesters

Impunity for Soma massacre, prison sentence for protesters

The retrial over the Soma mine explosion has ended in impunity. Çağdaş Oğul Arı, who protested the massacre 7 years ago, was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison and arrested. Upon his attorneys’ objection, he was released 8 days later.

16 June 2021 Ruken Tuncel

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

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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.

There remain no arrested defendants in Soma mine explosion case

There remain no arrested defendants in Soma mine explosion case

Speaking about the Soma case, Manisa Bar Association Chair Arslan says that even though the last arrested defendants were released from prison on February 5, the news has been recently heard “because it is impossible to see it in the court file.”

10 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

Soma Commemoration Banned by Ankara Governor’s Office

Soma Commemoration Banned by Ankara Governor’s Office

The symbolic commemoration to be held in memory of 301 miners who died in Soma six years ago has been banned by Ankara Governor’s Office. Four occupational organizations previously requested permission to hold a ceremony at the Miner Memorial.

Constitutional Court: Workers' Right to Life Violated in Soma Mine Explosion

Constitutional Court: Workers' Right to Life Violated in Soma Mine Explosion

The top court has concluded the application of the relatives of 11 workers who died in the 2014 explosion, which had claimed a total of 301 lives.

8 Arrested in Soma Mine Disaster Case

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8 Arrested in Soma Mine Disaster Case

An explosion left at least 301 workers in a coal mine in Soma, in the western province of Manisa. The number of arrests within the investigation climbed to 8.