A mother cried at a cemetery beside a freshly-laid mound of earth.
Recep Ayvaz, 62, shows a picture of his son, Selcuk Ayvas, 33, one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion, in front of his house in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. – “My one and only, where are you,” a mother cried at a cemetery beside a freshly-laid mound of earth.
Ayvaz’s father kissed a photo of him twice, saying “my baby.” Recep Ayvaz, 62, said he rushed to Amasra from his village when he heard of the mine explosion. Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said preliminary assessments indicated the tragedy was caused by a firedamp explosion — when methane mixes with air and fire — creating a dangerous underground situation.
“It’s a massacre outright, a massacre,” she said, inconsolable. “I am calling on our president, I am calling on Mr. Suleyman , punish them and may God damn them,” she said referring to the mine’s contractors.on Saturday during a live broadcast that there had allegedly been a gas leak in the mine. Erdogan said earlier the mine was the most advanced in Turkey and the energy minister had inspected it only a month ago.
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