Balgarianovinite.com Turkish miners have once again launched a hunger strike in Ankara to demand their overdue wages, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Monday. For a week, the miners, who arrived from the neighboring province of Eskisehir, where they work at a lignite coal mine supplying a thermal power plant, have unsuccessfully sought a meeting at the Ministry of Energy.
On Monday, the eighth day of their hunger strike, they were again blocked in a park and dispersed with tear gas. Two members of the Independent Mining Workers Union, including its President Gokay Cakir, were arrested, the organization said on its account on the social network X.
The workers eventually lay down on the asphalt next to their helmets bearing the slogan “Fight for bread.” They have not been paid for six months. The group arrived in Ankara on April 20 after walking 180 kilometers over nine days to protest.
According to the union, the company that took over the mine and the power plant in 2022 has laid off or put hundreds of employees on unpaid leave, while unpaid wages and compensation have accumulated without resolution. The situation has sparked strong public outrage in Turkiye, where coal accounts for about one-third of electricity production, according to the Ministry of Energy.
The miners’ cause has also drawn sympathy because they assisted in rescue efforts in the region hardest hit by the 2023 earthquake, AFP noted. Turkish Miners Go on Hunger Strike in Ankara Over Unpaid Wages 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-27 18:57:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law