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Another worker was injured in the explosion in the slop tank of the Maltese flagged vessel.

The second shipyard death this year is "only" one in a long tragic chain of deaths. Worker Cemil Akgül died on 18 February after being electrocuted at the Tuzla Shipyards on the outskirts of Istanbul.

A worker dies when bunker doors of a ship closes on him. Number of people who lost their lives in work accidents in Tuzla shipyards reaches 119. The shipyard workers' union Limter-Is calls for protest.

The Tuzla workers think the training they are receiving will not solve the problem, since the problem is not the lack of training, but forcing the workers to the limits beyond their capacity. Even with the training, they still have to do what their employer says, since they will lose their jobs.

The Anarchist Bloc members protested the deaths at Tuzla Shipyards at Taksim Square. Police did not let them march to Galatasaray with their flags, banners and symbolic sandbags.

Another accident takes place in Tuzla shipyards. This time it happens when the employers decide to use workers instead of sandbags to test their newly produced lifeboat.

In order to protest against the appalling safety and working conditions at the Tuzla shipyards, trade unions started a strike on Wednesday. 86 people were detained, and some were beaten.

According to the trade union LIMTER-IS, two more shipyard workers have died, raising the death toll since the beginning of the year to six.