Turki Diuji Musibah -Doakan Mereka

Sesungguhnya Allah telah berfirman dalam surah al-Baqarah ayat 155-157:-(Terjemahan) 

"Dan sungguh akan kami berikan cobaan kepadamu, dengan sedikit ketakutan, kelaparan, kekurangan harta, jiwa dan buah-buahan. dan berikanlah berita gembira kepada orang-orang yang sabar. 

 (yaitu) orang-orang yang apabila ditimpa musibah, mereka mengucapkan: "Inna lillaahi wa innaa ilaihi raaji'uun" 

 Mereka Itulah yang mendapat keberkatan yang Sempurna dan rahmat dari Tuhan mereka dan mereka Itulah orang-orang yang mendapat petunjuk."

Protests erupt in several parts of the country a day after an explosion in a coal mine killed at least 274 people. Last updated: 14 May 2014 20:38

Anger and grief have boiled over into violent protests in several parts of Turkey a day after a mine disaster killed at least 274 people.

Turkish police on Wednesday fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands who were protesting in Ankara's downtown Kizilay square. Similar protests were taking place in Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square and in the western town of Soma, where the explosion at a coal mine triggered a deadly collapse.

Scores of workers remained trapped inside the mine.

Authorities say the disaster followed an explosion and fire caused by a power distribution unit and the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.

About 450 people have been rescued so far, according to the mining company, but authorities say the rescue effort was being hampered by the fact that the mine was made up of tunnels that were kilometres long.

Soma Komur Isletmeleri AS, which owns the mine, said the accident occurred despite the "highest safety measures and constant controls" and added that an investigation was being launched.
Turkey's Labour and Social Security Ministry said the mine had been inspected five times since 2012, including in March of 2014, and that no issues violating work safety and security were detected.
The country's main opposition party, however, said Erdogan's ruling party had recently voted down a proposal to hold parliamentary inquiry into a series of small-scale accidents at the mines around Soma.

Accidents are common in Turkey's mining industry, which is plagued by poor safety conditions.
Turkey's second worst mining disaster was a 1992 gas explosion that killed 263 workers near the Black Sea port of Zonguldak.

Source:

Al Jazeera and agencies
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