industryterm:worst mining

German journalist receives death threats over anti-Erdogan quote
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/german-journalist-receives-death-threats-over-anti-erdogan-quote

A correspondent for Germany’s #Der_Spiegel magazine has been forced to temporarily leave #turkey after he received thousands of death threats over his article on the country’s worst mining #Disaster. “I was not withdrawn” by the magazine, Hasnain Kazim, the Istanbul-based correspondent, told AFP in an emailed statement on Wednesday. “I am just spending a few days somewhere else to be on the safe side. In a few days I will be back in Istanbul and continue to do my work,” he said. read more

#erdogan #mine #Soma

CEO, two others charged over #turkey #mine #Disaster
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/ceo-two-others-charged-over-turkey-mine-disaster

Turkey has charged three more people with manslaughter over the country’s worst mining disaster, including the CEO of the company operating the pit, reports said on Tuesday. Can Gurkan, the chief executive of mining company #Soma Komur, general manager Ramazan Dogru and a technician were the latest to face manslaughter charges over the disaster that claimed 301 lives, the private NTV television said. A total of eight officials from #soma_komur have now been charged over last Tuesday’s accident at the Soma mine that sparked anti-government protests in several towns and cities. read more

Turkish union to strike in the wake of mining disaster
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turkish-union-strike-wake-mining-disaster

http://english.al-akhbar.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/4cols/leading_images/928176-01-08.jpg

Protesters holds flags and banners as Turkish riot police use water cannon to disperse them during clashes at a demonstration in memory of the victims of the #Soma mine explosion the day before, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on May 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Ozan Kose)

#turkey's biggest union geared for a massive strike on Thursday amid mounting anger over the country’s worst mining accident, as the toll from the disaster rose to 282, with scores still trapped underground. “Those who keep up with privatization... policies, who threaten workers’ lives to reduce costs... are the culprits of the Soma massacre and they must be held accountable,” Turkey’s Public Workers Unions Confederation (KESK), which represents 240,000 employees, said on its website. read (...)

#Top_News