24.04.2026 17:33
Workers employed at Doruk Mining in Eskişehir are continuing their protests in Ankara to secure unpaid wages and compensation. A scuffle broke out between workers attempting to march to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and the police. Miners banged their helmets on the ground in protest, while some workers who have been on a hunger strike for five days fell ill and were taken to hospital.
Workers who are members of the Independent Mine Workers Union working at Doruk Mining continue their action in the capital Ankara with a hunger strike, which they started as a march from Eskişehir to Ankara due to unpaid wages and loss of rights for months.
SHORT SCRUFF WITH POLICE
Workers who are members of the Independent Mine Workers Union working at Doruk Mining in Eskişehir continue their action in Ankara. A scuffle broke out between workers wanting to march to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and the police, and the workers were not allowed to march.
Doruk Mining workers encountered a police blockade while trying to march to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. A short scuffle broke out between the police and miners after the march was not allowed.
SOME WORKERS FEEL FAINT
Chanting the slogan "There is death, no turning back," miners hit their helmets on the ground in protest against the police blockade. After the scuffle, some miners removed their tops and started a sit-in. One of the workers who had been on hunger strike for five days fell ill and was taken to hospital by ambulance. It was reported that another worker also fell ill during the action.
MINERS CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE
Abdurrahim Demiryürek, lawyer of the Independent Mine Workers Union, said, "As of this hour, miners and our union will not utter a single word to anyone, will not use a sentence. They will not leave where they are. If there are those who want to show solidarity with the miners and contribute to the solution of this problem, our call to all political party representatives and our deputies is as follows. We demand that they actually join the hunger strike with the miners and not leave their side. Other than that, all supporters will stay outside the blockade. This is the decision of our union. We do not want the public, the Turkish public, to be misled."
"OUR DEMAND IS THE PAYMENT OF ALL PERSONNEL RIGHTS"
Demiryürek, drawing attention to the fact that Doruk Mining workers were unlawfully put on unpaid leave, said:
"These receivables are not limited to just three months of wages. We determined each of these three months, five months, six months by talking to the worker friends one by one. It is not limited to these. After the TMSF transfer, the worker friends have years of service and accumulated years inside. They have severance pay receivables. That is, there are receivables that we call all personnel rights. When this enterprise was transferred from TMSF, there were 800 workers here. The workers were reported with a code 4 exit, meaning code 4 to SGK. This means the employer fired them without any valid reason. Although lawsuits were won, no collection could be made. Therefore, the responsibility here is not just about three months of wage receivables. There are friends who worked at the Adularya facility before the transfer, then worked for six years during the TMSF period, and finally worked for three years at Doruk Mining after the transfer. Therefore, the demand of these friends is that all their personnel rights be paid to them. Our friends declare that they will not leave here until all their personnel rights are paid. We, on behalf of our union, have to make this statement."