Ermenek Public Prosecutor's Office
Lawsuit opened against officials responsible for killing 18 miners in Ermenek
A lawsuit has been opened into accused of responsibility in a mine accident in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman's Ermenek district that left 18 workers dead last year.
The Ermenek Public Prosecutor's Office announced that a civil lawsuit had been launched at a high criminal court on charges of causing the death of more than one person through conscious negligence.
Ermenek miners died of gas poisoning, not drowning, autopsy reports say
Ten people who died while trapped by an underground flood in the Ermenek mine did not drown, but rather died due to coal gas poisoning, autopsy reports have shown.
Ten miners' bodies have been recovered from the coal mine in the Karaman province since the accident took place on Oct. 28, while efforts are continuing to locate the remains of the other eight.