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14:00 07/11/2014		Day ten in Ermenek mine calamity Search efforts are underway for the 18 miners trapped inside a mine located in the central district of Ermenek, Karaman.
13:33 07/11/2014		Bodies of 2 workers found in Ermenek Bodies of 2 of miners in a flooded mine in Ermenek have been found, Turkish energy minister said.
11:09 06/11/2014		28 workers died in October in mine accidents Turkish Mining Workers’ Union, Dev Maden Sen, has released a report about the mining accidents that took place in the month of October. The report says 28 mining workers lost their lives while 10 others were injured during October. The union pointed at the government, the employers, and pro-company trade unions as the ones responsible for the occupational deaths.
15:42 03/11/2014		'At least 14,555 workers die on the job under AKP rule' According to a report by Worker Health and Occupational Security Assembly, at least 14,555 workers died on the job on the 12th anniversary of AKP’s rule in Turkey.
13:00 03/11/2014		289 workers killed on the road this year According to Worker Health and Occupation Safety Assembly, 289 workers died due to traffic and shuttle service accident so far in 2014. The toll was 433 in 2013.
13:37 31/10/2014		Search continues for 18 miners trapped underground Efforts to rescue miners trapped 350 metres below ground by rising water on Tuesday at a coal mine in the Ermenek district of Karaman province in Southern Turkey are continuing.
11:27 30/10/2014		Flooded mine’s owner linked to AKP The mine where 18 workers remain trapped after a flood on October 28 is owned by a former mayoral candidate from Justice and Development Party (AKP).
12:36 29/10/2014		Republic of 'dead workers'! While the 91st anniversary of "Republic Day" is being celebrated today, Turkey is discussing the working conditions of workers who are lsoing their lives in labour accidents every other day. A coal mine subsidence due to flooding in the central province of Karaman left 18 workers trapped inside. And this subsidence brought the "work safety" to the agenda of the country once more.
16:41 28/10/2014		Workers from Soma en route to Ankara Police attacked mining workers protesting in Soma, a town in Manisa province, where 301 miners had died in a disaster that received worldwide attention in May of this year.
15:07 24/10/2014		Residential construction site collapses in Kadıköy: One worker dies A worker has been killed after scaffolding collapsed from the 14th floor of a construction site for a new residential tower in Istanbul’s Asian-side district of Kadıköy, in yet another labor accident that may add fuel to the debate on work safety in Turkey.
11:44 02/10/2014		143 workers killed on job in September According to Worker Health and Occupational Security Assembly, at least 143 workers died on the job in September and the death toll rose to 1,414 in the year of 2014.
11:50 22/9/2014		39 child workers killed on job in 2014 According to Worker Health and Occupational Safety Assembly, at least 39 child workers lost their lives on the job in 2014. While the youngest worker was aged 6, most cases were reported in the agriculture sector.
17:44 19/9/2014		12 more detained in Soma calamity probe Twelve officials have been detained in a second wave of operations as a part of the probe into the Soma mine disaster, which claimed lives of 301 workers in May.
15:30 19/9/2014		Mine collapse in Amasra: Chinese worker killed One Chinese worker was killed and another was injured, after a coal mine collapsed in Amasra district of Bartın.
16:03 15/9/2014		Five workers killed in labor accidents on Sunday Negligence at construction sites continued to take its toll only a week after the deadly elevator collapse at the construction site of a luxurious tower in Istanbul that cost the life of 10 workers, as five more workers fell victims to labor accidents across Turkey on September 14.
12:17 09/9/2014		272 construction workers die in 250 days According to Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 272 construction workers lost their lives in 2014. Almost all these workers were working under contractions. 57 percent of workers lost their lives by falling.
12:14 09/9/2014		Torun Center workers: We are not slaves After the workplace murder that left 10 workers dead, the majority of workers at Torun Center construction site left the premisses. Another group of workers, along with their unions, protested the incident.
17:19 08/9/2014		Halkalı Temapark construction workers close TEM to traffic A group of construction workers have launched a protest over poor labor conditions in Istanbul’s Halkalı neighborhood, halting their work and blocking a busy highway.
13:49 08/9/2014		Police interferes to protests over 10 workers' death Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at activists in Istanbul, a day after 10 workers were massacred when a lift crashed to the ground from the 32nd storey of a building.
12:00 03/9/2014		How did 10 child workers die in August? While some of them drowned in the pond where they wanted to cool down, others were perished by slamming into lamp posts which were far way taller than them.