Turkey mine death toll News

The death toll in the coal mine explosion and fire in western Turkey increased to 232 on Wednesday, the prime minister said. The fate of around 190 miners remained unclear in one of Turkey’s worst mining disasters. Recep Tayyip Erdogan …

Loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead and excavators dug mass graves in the close-knit Turkish mining town of Soma on Thursday, while protesters gathered in major cities as grief turned to anger following the country’s deadliest industrial disaster. Rescuers …