At Least Nine Detained Protesting at Blast-Hit Turkey Steel Plant
Workers protested the phone ban after a blast killed 19 people and prompted heightened security around the plant, officials said.
- On Friday, Turkish security forces detained at least nine people protesting a mobile phone ban at the HABAS steel factory in Aliaga, according to the Aegean Workers' Collective.
- A major explosion at the facility on Monday killed 19 people, including one person presumed dead, after an overhead crane collapsed and dropped 120 tonnes of molten steel.
- HABAS chairman Mehmet Rustu Basaran introduced the phone ban and is now under house arrest; a court ordered nine others held in pre-trial detention while placing two, including Basaran, under house arrest.
- Protesters shouted "We want to live with dignity" outside the site, where security forces blocked roads, as The Collective alleged the ban aimed to prevent workers from sharing images from inside the plant.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to uncover the "causes and circumstances" of the tragedy, though the ruling AKP party and its MHP ally recently voted down a parliamentary motion to investigate.
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At least nine detained protesting at blast-hit Turkey steel plant
Workers arriving for their morning shift at the HABAS steel factory were told to leave their mobile phones at a security checkpoint, prompting them to gather at the facility's entrance in protest, according to a spokesman for the Aegean Workers' Collective. "We want to live with dignity," the protesters shouted outside the factory, located in Aliaga, a district known for shipbreaking and heavy industry near the western port city of Izmir. The fa…
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The Frontier PostAt least nine detained protesting at blast-hit Turkiye steel plant
Nine people were detained by Turkish security forces for protesting a ban on mobile phones at a steel plant following a deadly explosion. The workers gathered at the plant’s entrance to express their discontent.
Despite the massacre at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory, which became the tomb of 19 workers, production did not stop. Following ongoing protests and clashes in front of the factory, the İzmir Governorship closed the roads leading to the facility. Finally, the workers involved in the protest were detained by the gendarmerie.
The anger does not come back after the explosion that killed 19 people in a Turkish steel factory. Workers protesting against the ban on the... Article Nineteen dead in the factory and nine arrests among the workers appeared first on Le Singulier.
Nearly 20 detained protesting phone ban at blast-hit Turkish steel plant - Turkish Minute
Security forces detained nearly 20 people Friday during a protest against a mobile phone ban at a Turkish steel plant where a deadly explosion occurred earlier this week, according to social media posts by the Aegean Workers’ Collective. The collective identified its spokesman, Yücel Memiş, as among those detained. In a statement earlier Friday Memiş […]
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