All 18 Worker Bodies Recovered in Ermenek Mine

Search teams recovered the remaining five workers trapped in a mine in Ermenek district 38 days after a flooding incident on October 28. 

Following the recovery, the dead bodies were transferred to Ermenek Public Hospital. Worker bodies will be put through a DNA test for identification. 

2 mine worker bodies were recovered on November 6, two on November 17, six on November 18, two on November 29 and one worker body was recovered on December 2. 

The identified miners were as follows: Kerim Haznedar, İsa Gözbaşı, Bahri Üzer, Hüsnü Çolak, Osman Çoksöyler, Hüseyin Çolak, İsmail Gürses, Uğur İlhan, Mehmet Tokat, Tezcan Gökçe,Recep Çiloğlu, Mehmet Baha and Ömen Cansu.

The following names will be identified after DNA tests: Kamil Yaman, Ömen Cansu, Hüseyin Gültekin, Mehmet Özcan, Hasan Tuncer and Ali Haznedar. (BK/BM)

Photo credit: Orhan Akkanat / Ermenek / AA

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