Mine Collapse and Workplace Murders in Soma

Five workers, Halit Ersay, Kerim Ören, Ramazan İnce, İsa Olcay and Ömer Karakaya, lost their lives in the collapse that occurred in a mine belonging to İmbat Madencilik in Manisa's Soma district last Thursday; Süleyman Şakrak and İbrahim Çimen were rescued with injuries.

44-year-old Çimen explained that he continued to work after retirement due to his needs, but the salaries were not paid regularly, everyone had the same problems, and this was reflected in the work, and said, "When the poles started to collapse in the mine, I thought of my children." The prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the latest incident at İmbat Madencilik, which had previously come to the fore with incidents in which many workers lost their lives. In this context, nine people were detained, including the general manager of the enterprise, deputy general manager, survey, production, occupational health and mechanic managers, shift supervisor and two engineers.

It is unknown what the outcome of the investigation will be, but the lives lost will not come back. Those who lost their lives meters below the ground were fathers, sons, brothers, and souls!

17-year-old Halil Yağız, who fell from the 6th floor of the construction site where he worked as a plumber in Gaziantep Şehitkamil, lost his life.

According to the information provided by the Occupational Health and Safety (İSİG) Assembly, with Yağız's death, the number of child worker deaths they could determine this year reached 65.

Because the MESEM (Vocational Education Centers) project, which also spreads child labor, continues despite the warnings of experts and all the reactions; Children and young people who should be in school are dying in the prime of their lives.