Disasters

The death toll is significantly higher than the official death toll. This is clear from the classified by the National Security Archive of the US report of the Chernobyl accident, RIA Novosti reports.

At least 28 Turkish pilgrims died during the period of Hajj in Saudi Arabia, Turkey's top cleric told reporters on Aug. 12.

A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania on Aug. 10 as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it, killing at least 57, police said.

At least 72,000 Turkish pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, according to a local religious official.

Forest fires have destroyed over 10 hectares of land across Turkey on July 2.

The Corinth fire service on Tuesday was investigating the causes of a large blaze that broke out in a supermarket in the area of Hiliomodi.
According to the fire service, the blaze broke out at around 9 a.m., though it remained unclear what caused it.

Employees at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site have faced many fears and hardships during isolation works initiated by the European Union in 1995, two employees of the sole Turkish company taking part in the project have said.

A U.S.-made television series on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was well-received by Russian audiences, even if some critics accused the makers of distorting the facts to show the Soviet-era authorities in a particularly bad light.

Crew members abandoned their posts, fire emergency plans were mistakenly activated for Deck 3 instead of Deck 4 where the blaze had broken out, and a lifeboat was released into the sea before the evacuation order had been issued or any safety measures taken.

An Istanbul court has ordered the release of 19 suspects pending trial and ruled for the continuation of arrest of 20 other suspects in a case on the New Year's Eve Reina nightclub attack in 2017.