content tagged with Soma trial

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.

Soma Mine Explosion: Constitutional Court Rejects Request of Investigation Against Officials

Soma Mine Explosion: Constitutional Court Rejects Request of Investigation Against Officials

The court has ruled that legal remedies have not been exhausted and that a public case can always be opened against the state officials.

26 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Verdict Announced in Soma Trial, Families Protest

Verdict Announced in Soma Trial, Families Protest

Court has announced its verdict after three years in occupational homicide trial in which 301 workers lost their lives. Can Gürkan is sentenced to 15 years, İsmail Adalı to 22.5 years, and Ertan Ersoy and Akın Çelik to 18.5 years in prison.

6 Attorneys Working on Soma Case Released After 4 Days of Detention

6 Attorneys Working on Soma Case Released After 4 Days of Detention

Six attorneys from the Progressive Legists’ Association’s İzmir Branch have been released following their questioning by the Prosecutor’s Office after being kept in detention for four days.

31 October 2017

Attorneys Working on Soma Case Detained in Police Raid

Attorneys Working on Soma Case Detained in Police Raid

Police raided apartments, offices of attorneys from Progressive Legists’ Association, detained 6 lawyers. Attorney Yeşil from the association said that the attorneys were working on the Soma Case regarding the occupational homicide in Soma mine, where 301 miners had lost their lives.

27 October 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Judge Replaced Ahead of Summary Judgement in Soma Trial

Judge Replaced Ahead of Summary Judgement in Soma Trial

Of the trial lawyers Berrin Demir has said that “Judge Aytaç Ballı was a conscientious. He has lived through the massacre with the families from the beginning. He knew by heart those who died. He would render a proper verdict. He had faced up to this”.

4 July 2017 Nilay Vardar

2 Arrested in Soma Trial Released; Why?

2 Arrested in Soma Trial Released; Why?

Asking on grounds of which documents and evidence the two suspect in Soma trial found to have genuine fault in five expert reports, have been released, Attorney Demir has noted; “The court has shown its true color, cracked the door open and begun to release starting from lower levels”.

28 December 2015 Nilay Vardar

Soma Had No Class-A Occupational Safety Specialists

4TH HEARING IN SOMA SUIT

Soma Had No Class-A Occupational Safety Specialists

Jailed defendants are being heard in the lawsuit about the workplace murder that killed 301 workers.

Third Hearing of Soma Trial Begins

Third Hearing of Soma Trial Begins

The third hearing of the case on the workplace murder at Soma that killed 301 miners has begun today. The court continues reading the bill of indictment.