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| Turkey mine disaster: 18 arrested over Soma deaths | Turkey mine disaster: 18 arrested over Soma deaths |
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| Police investigating the coal mine disaster in western Turkey have arrested 18 people, including mining company executives, Turkish media say. | Police investigating the coal mine disaster in western Turkey have arrested 18 people, including mining company executives, Turkish media say. |
| The rescue operation at the mine, in the town of Soma, ended on Saturday after the bodies of the last two workers were recovered. | The rescue operation at the mine, in the town of Soma, ended on Saturday after the bodies of the last two workers were recovered. |
| The final death toll is 301, making it Turkey's worst mining disaster. | The final death toll is 301, making it Turkey's worst mining disaster. |
| Protests against the government and mining company have broken out since Tuesday's disaster. | Protests against the government and mining company have broken out since Tuesday's disaster. |
| Those detained on Sunday included Ramazan Dogru, general manager of the mine, and its operations manager Akin Celik, Turkey's Dogan news agency said. | |
| Some of those arrested are being questioned at a courthouse in Soma, local media say. | |
| Tuesday's disaster occurred when an explosion sent carbon monoxide gas into the mine's tunnels while 787 miners were underground. | Tuesday's disaster occurred when an explosion sent carbon monoxide gas into the mine's tunnels while 787 miners were underground. |
| Soma Holding insists it was not caused by negligence. A representative said an unexplained build-up of heat appeared to have caused the collapse. | |
| On Saturday, hundreds of people marched through the western city of Izmir and there were protests in Istanbul and the capital, Ankara. | |
| In Soma local authorities have banned demonstrations. Police have set up checkpoints and detaining dozens of people on Saturday. | |
| The ban followed clashes there on Friday, when riot police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon when a protest briefly turned violent. | |
| Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been criticised for appearing insensitive in his reaction to the disaster. | Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been criticised for appearing insensitive in his reaction to the disaster. |
| Both Mr Erdogan and his aide Yusuf Yerkel have come under pressure after photos appearing to show them assaulting protesters were published in Turkish media. | |