This week’s mine explosion in Soma, Turkey has killed almost 300 people and galvanized the country. Now Erdogan’s insensitive outbursts, and a video of him calling a man an “Israeli brute,” are spurring widespread anger.
This Tuesday’s explosion in a coal mine near Soma, Turkey, is the worst industrial disaster in the Turkish history. So far, the bodies of 284 people have been recovered, but no end to the horror is in sight.
At least 55 people are still missing, and relatives wait nervously for news while a fire, sparked by the explosion, supposedly still burns deep down in the mine. Nobody has been pulled out alive since Wednesday. The anger of the friends and families of the victims is growing.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brought economic growth to Turkey. But at what price? The opposition and unions are accusing government security and health in
