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İZmir Steel Blast Toll Rises to 19 as Unions Demand Accountability - Turkish Minute

A worker critically injured in Monday’s explosion at the HABAŞ steel plant in western Turkey died in the hospital on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 19, according to the independent Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG), as unions and opposition politicians demanded accountability for the disaster. Abdullah Kılınç died at İzmir Bakırçay University’s Çiğli Teaching and Research Hospital, where he had been transferred after initially receivin…

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An explosion occurred at the Iron and Steel Factory in Aliağa, İzmir, when an overhead crane collapsed during maintenance and fell onto a natural gas pipeline, resulting in the deaths of 18 people. Following the tragic event, 11 suspects were taken into custody as part of a large-scale investigation and subsequently referred to the courthouse...

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Eleven people detained in connection with the explosion at the iron and steel factory in Aliağa, İzmir, have been referred to the courthouse.

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Eleven people detained in connection with the explosion at the iron and steel factory in Aliağa, İzmir, have been referred to the courthouse.

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In the investigation into the explosion at the iron and steel factory in Aliağa district of İzmir, which claimed the lives of 18 people, 9 of the 11 suspects detained were arrested, while 2 suspects were placed under house arrest.

Eleven people, including HABAŞ Chairman Mehmet Rüştü Başaran, who were detained in connection with the explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel factory in Aliağa, İzmir, which killed 19 workers, were referred to the courthouse. Among those detained are the factory manager and employer representative, the steel mill manager, the mechanical maintenance chief, the steel mill chief, the periodic control engineer, the department engineer, the crane mech…

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Following the explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel factory in Aliağa, İzmir, which killed 18 people, 11 suspects whose questioning by the gendarmerie has been completed have been sent to the courthouse. Those detained include the chairman of the company's board of directors, the factory manager, the employer's representative, and unit chiefs.

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turkishminute.com broke the news on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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