Workers at Doruk Mining in the Mihalıççık district of Eskişehir launched a hunger strike in front of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources to demand the fulfilment of their claims, following a march they had initiated over unpaid wages and compensation. 

 

Early this morning, the police attacked the protesters; 110 miners and officials from the Independent Miners’ Union were detained. 

 

The statement posted on the Independent Miners’ Union’s social media account reads: “While we were waiting to be addressed at the Ministry of Energy, the response was to detain 110 of our colleagues. We are miners; we will not be deterred by detentions; we will continue from where we left off." 

 

The statement also noted that a miner named Yaşar had fallen ill as a result of the police attack and was taken to hospital.