Public outcry in Turkey puts managers in court over Soma mining disaster

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Series Details 12.04.15
Publication Date 12/04/2015
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Eleven months after 301 coal miners died in Turkey in May 2014, managers and inspectors stood trial for negligence in a case beginning on the 13 April 2015. But families and other campaigners criticized the government for shielding state institutions tasked with worker safety.

Deutsche Welle reported that 2014 was one of the deadliest years for work-related deaths in Turkey in a decade with 1,886 killed, according to the independent Monitoring Committee on Labor Health and Safety in Turkey (ISIG).

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ESO: Background information: Deadly Turkey blast 'traps hundreds' http://www.europeansources.info/record/deadly-turkey-blast-traps-hundreds/
BBC News, 13.04.15: Turkey opens Soma mine disaster trial amid angry protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32284736

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