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Weekend deluge claims numerous lives across Turkey

Weekend deluge claims numerous lives across Turkey

Nine people have been confirmed killed and 12 are still missing.

20 November 2023

Moderate earthquake off Turkey's Black Sea coast

Moderate earthquake off Turkey's Black Sea coast

The magnitude 4.4 earthquake off the coast of Zonguldak was felt in nearby provinces, including İstanbul.

Filyos Valley in Black Sea to be allocated to fertilizer production, scrap iron melting

ECOLOGICAL THREAT IN ZONGULDAK

Filyos Valley in Black Sea to be allocated to fertilizer production, scrap iron melting

Zonguldak Environment Protection Association Chair Öztürk says that the state violates its commitments regarding the Filyos Valley Project and criticizes that high quality agricultural fields are open to unforeseeable pollutant facilities.

24 February 2022

Zonguldak: Agricultural fields expropriated for a scrap melting facility

Zonguldak: Agricultural fields expropriated for a scrap melting facility

Locals have lashed out at the attempts to build a scrap melting facility and to expand the organized industrial zone in the region by expropriating fertile agricultural lands in Zonguldak’s Çaycuma.

7 February 2022

Citizen who threw President Erdoğan’s picture to the ground arrested

Citizen who threw President Erdoğan’s picture to the ground arrested

A citizen named A.Ç. came to a sub-governor’s office in Zonguldak province and threw the photo of President and AKP Chair Erdoğan hung at the entrance of the building to the ground. Referred to the courthouse, A.Ç has been arrested.

13 December 2021

Five killed as heavy storms hit Turkey's west, north

Five killed as heavy storms hit Turkey's west, north

Strong southwestern winds affected several cities, including İstanbul and İzmir.

29 November 2021

Only ancient city in the Black Sea now faces risk of construction

Only ancient city in the Black Sea now faces risk of construction

The natural site grade of 56-decare area of Tios, an ancient city on the Black Sea coast, has been reduced from Grade 1 to Grade 3. That being the case, the area is now facing the risk of construction.

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.

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

Dog abused in municipality’s shelter

Dog abused in municipality’s shelter

After a dog named Max was abused in an animal shelter of the Devrek Municipality in Zonguldak, animal rights defenders have launched a campaign on social media to make their voices heard: “There is abuse in Devrek shelter.”

21 August 2020 Sakine Orman

Six coal-fired plants continue to emit thick smoke after end of suspension

Six coal-fired plants continue to emit thick smoke after end of suspension

The plants were suspended for violating environmental rules and the companies had agreed to install filters complying with the rules.

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

4 People Arrested in Unlicensed Mine Investigation

4 People Arrested in Unlicensed Mine Investigation

After two workers have lost their lives and one worker has been wounded in an unlicensed mine in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Zonguldak, the owners of the mine and the owner of the land where it is located have been arrested.

27 December 2019

Twenty-Nine Inmates Hospitalized Over Food Poisoning at Zonguldak Prison

Twenty-Nine Inmates Hospitalized Over Food Poisoning at Zonguldak Prison

Medical teams were dispatched to the prison after more than a hundred inmates complained about nausea and diarrhea.

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

Miners End Lock-In Protest Against Privatization Law Draft After 21 Hours

Miners End Lock-In Protest Against Privatization Law Draft After 21 Hours

2,000 miners who locked themselves in coal mines to protest an amendment article in the mining law that would pave the way for privatizing the Turkey’s Hard Coal Enterprise, have ended their protest. The union stated “the article will pass the way we demand”.

7 November 2017

Miners Lock Themselves in Mine to Protest Privatization Law Draft

Miners Lock Themselves in Mine to Protest Privatization Law Draft

Miners in Zonguldak province locked themselves in coal mines to protest an amendment article in the mining law that would pave the way for privatizing the Turkey’s Hard Coal Enterprise. The draft article will be submitted to the General Assembly of the Parliament this week.

6 November 2017

“Not Terror, Not Mine, but Thermal Plant Martyr”

“Not Terror, Not Mine, but Thermal Plant Martyr”

People have reacted against the plans to build sixth thermal power plant in Zonguldak’s Çatalağzı.

17 December 2015

Coal-Fired Power Plants Choke Zonguldak

NİLAY VARDAR WAS IN ZONGULDAK

Coal-Fired Power Plants Choke Zonguldak

Another coal-fired thermal power plant is about to completed in Zonguldak where there are already three power plants, residents say “We are the ones inhaling the poison but it is others who benefit”.

18 November 2015 Nilay Vardar

5 to 10 Years of Prison For 30 Dead Miners

5 to 10 Years of Prison For 30 Dead Miners

A Turkish court convicted 5 defendants including three from Coal Institute of Turkey to prison sentences from 5 to 10 years for charges related to the death of 30 miners in Zonguldak province in 2010.

31 October 2014

Court Acquits Cartoonist Accused of Defaming Religion

Court Acquits Cartoonist Accused of Defaming Religion

A court in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak ruled to acquit Ayhan Kiraz yesterday, clearing him of charges pertaining to a cartoon he had drawn in response to a spat between the Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim-Sen) and the religious establishment in the district of Çaycuma.

27 September 2012 Ekin Karaca

Journalist Öztürk Assaulted in Zonguldak

Journalist Öztürk Assaulted in Zonguldak

Mehmet Öztürk, owner of the Halk Posta newspaper from the Black Sea region, was attacked by unidentified individuals in front of his office. Şenol Azman, president of the local Journalists Association expects a clarification of the incident as soon as possible.

12 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

At least 28 Casualties in Mining Explosion

At least 28 Casualties in Mining Explosion

The bodies of 28 mine workers who died in a gas explosion on 17 May were found on Thursday. The explosion happened in a mine of the Turkish Coal Corporation Karadon Enterprise Directorate in Zonguldak (Black Sea coast). Two workers are still missing.

20 May 2010 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Semra Pelek