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Turkey arrests 110 coal miners on hunger strike

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One hundred and ten Turkish coal miners who had marched 200 kilometres (125 miles) to stage a hunger strike for their unpaid wages were arrested on Tuesday morning, their union said. After a nine-day march to Ankara from the neighbouring province of Ekisehir, the miners arrived on Monday for a topless sit-in outside the country's energy ministry building in the Turkish capital, before being surrounded by the police.

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Turkey: More than 100 Miners Who Had Marched to Ankara and Entered the Hunger Strike Were Arrested

One hundred ten Turkish miners on hunger strike in Ankara for months to claim the remaining wages were arrested on Tuesday morning, their union announced, reports AFP.

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Turkey arrests 110 coal miners on hunger strike

One hundred and ten Turkish coal miners who had marched 200 kilometres (125 miles) to stage a hunger strike for their unpaid wages were arrested on Tuesday morning, their union said.

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Turkey detains 110 coal miners on hunger strike - Turkish Minute

One hundred and ten Turkish coal miners who had marched 200 kilometres (125 miles) to stage a hunger strike for their unpaid wages were detained on Tuesday morning, their union said. After a nine-day march to Ankara from the neighboring province of Eskişehir, the miners arrived on Monday for a topless sit-in outside the country’s energy ministry building in the Turkish capital, before being surrounded by the police. “We are hungry,” several of t…

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