Manisa court

Rescue teams are continuing efforts to locate 10 workers who were trapped underground by a massive landslide at a copper mine in the Şirvan district of the southeastern province of Şırnak after the bodies of six of the miners' colleagues were pulled from the site.

The first hearing into the Soma mine disaster, in which 301 workers were killed, is set to be held on April 13 after a Manisa court accepted the indictment of charges against 45 suspects.

The case will be heard by the Akhisar Court of Serious Crimes. There will be no time limit for the hearing.

The Soma Coal Mine Company, which owned the mine in the Aegean district of Soma where 301 miners were killed last year, has sold more than 750,000 tons of stone to the state instead of coal, according to reports from the Turkish Court of Accounts (TCA).

A Manisa court has rejected an indictment prepared as a part of an investigation into the death of 301 miners who were killed in Turkey’s deadliest industrial accident in May, finding it “insufficient.”