Articles by Can Erimtan
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The Soma Mine Disaster or Privatization Gone Wild in Turkey
Dr. Can Erimtan – Russia Today,
19 May 2014
The mine is owned and operated by Soma Holding A.Ş following its privatization in the 1990s. Turkey’s Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz expressed his grief: “We are moving toward the worst mining disaster in Turkey but the death toll figures are not important,” as an indication that human costs in search for greater profits are negligible and even inevitable.
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