Türkei / Turkey
2011
Mardin-Kiziltepe,
Provinz Mardin/Südosten Türkei. Im Schulhof einer Grundschule kam zu einem
Zwischenfall im Schulhof, in der auf Kinder Feuerwerkskörper abgefeuert wurden,
die gerade eine Aufführung auf dem Schulhof vorführten. Dem Bericht zufolge,
die die Polizei in Mardin nach Abschluss der Untersuchungen veröffentlichte, hätten
PKK-Sympathisanten vergangene Woche die Grundschule attackiert.
Quelle:
"Türkischer Schulhof Ziel einer Provokation", 7.5.2011, http://www.turkishpress.de/2011/05/07/tuerkischer-schulhof-ziel-einer-provokation/id3501
2010
Cizre/Southeast Turkey.
Protesters threw rocks and fire bombs and set off fireworks. 14.2.2010
Source: "Street
violence errupts in predominantly Kurdish towns in southeastern Turkey",
14.2.2010, http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=street-violence-errupts-in-predominantly-kurdish-towns-in-southeastern-turkey-2010-02-14
2009
Hendek (near Sakarya)/Northwestern Turkey. An explosion
at a fireworks factory killed one worker and injured 37 other people. The blast
occurred in the lab section of the factory. The explosion caused part of the
factory to collapse. 17.8.2009
Source:
"1 killed in Turkish fireworks
blast, 37 injured", 17.8.2009, http://www.sfexaminer.com/world/1-killed-in-Turkish-fireworks-blast-37-injured--53412752.html
"Official: 1 killed in Turkish
fireworks blast", 17.8.2009, http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1033971&lang=eng_news
Konya. Yusuf Yilmaz (4)
died from phosphorus poisoning after he swallowed a firecracker. Asking for
money from his father to buy something from the grocery store, Yusuf bought
firecrackers. When he returned after playing with his friends in the
neighborhood, the boy began vomiting. When he told his mother that his friends
had made him swallow a firecracker, Yusuf was taken to a nearby hospital.
Source: "Child dies after ingesting
firecracker", 18.9.2009, http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-187446-101-child-dies-after-ingesting-firecracker.html&ct=ga&cd=6e4YyPfSNYU&usg=AFQjCNF4jy5IGpebH4zCmc-fEVdP8B0tgw
Diyarbakyr province. A group
of demonstrators including Democratic Society Part deputies and mayors wanted to
rally without permission. The group threw stones and firecrackers at the police
when they were stopped.
Source: "Government
backs democratic drive despite anti-peace moves", 8.12.2009, http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=347336
2008
Istanbul. Explosions in an illegal fireworks factory in
a five-storey trade building in the Davutpasa district killed at least 20 people
and injured up to 117 others. The number of victims is likely to rise as several
people may still be under the rubble.
The first explosion started a fire leading to a second
bigger explosion some minutes after. Eight of the dead where bystanders watching
the first fire from a nearby parking lot and were killed in the second explosion.
The blasts caused part of the building to collapse.
Nearby buildings were also damaged in the blast. Windows within a radius of
several hundred meters were shattered. Large chunks of concrete smashed cars
parked below and rubble and dust littered the street.
Davutpasa's industrial development in recent years has
resulted in factories being located close to homes.
Istanbul's Governor Mammer Güler stated that the third
and fourth floors of the trade building had been used as an illegal fireworks
factory and/or depot. According to Güler, the explosion took place in the
fireworks area. The fire then spread to the furnace of a textile and paint
manufacturer elsewhere in the building. There were more than 130 workshops and
offices in the building complex where the blast occurred.
The mayor of the Zeytinburnu municipality where the
explosion site is located said that the municipality had no information about
there being a fireworks factory or depot in the building. The accident has been
condemned by trade unions and the Labout Party who called the explosion a "work
murder". 31.1.2008
Source:
"Nineteen dead in Turkish fireworks blast", 31.1.2008, http://www.kptm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7801217&nav=menu606_2
"Istanbul factory blast kills 19", 31.1.2008, http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=fe6a53a3-aa96-44f9-a7e7-7b0e78813c88&k=39074
"Explosion in Istanbul kills at least 17 people", 31.1.2008, http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5623471/Explosion-in-Istanbul-kills-at-least-17-people
"Blast at Istanbul fireworks factory kills 20", 31.1.2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHbIQcMC4VymAHT6hR520PI1prSQ
"Istanbul firework blast leaves 19 dead, 70 wounded", 31.1.2008, http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/world/autocodes/countries/turkey/istanbul-firework-blast-leaves-19-dead-70-wounded-$1195369.htm
"Explosion in illegal fireworks
factory: 20 dead, 117 injured", 31.1.2008, http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/104578/explosion-in-illegal-fireworks-factory-20-dead-117-injured
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"One more Azeri died during
explosion in Istanbul", 2.2.2008, http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=43593:
One more Azerbaijani died as a result of the explosion, which took place in
the business center in Davutpasa. The 24-year-old man was passing by when
the accident occurred. 23 died and 117 were injured in the aftermath of the
accident. |
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"Fireworks cause of explosion", 1.2.2008, http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=95283: The cause of the explosion is definitely due to "fireworks, sparklers and flares", said the Governor of Istanbul, Mammer Güler. |
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"Fireworks atolier victims to
receive recompensation", 5.2.2008, http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8165055.asp?gid=74&sz=10501:
DNA tests have revealed that one of the unidentified bodies in the explosion
in fact belonged to former owner of the fireworks atolier. The Labor and
Social Security Minister has affirmed that the relatives of those killed in
the disaster, as well as those who were injured, will be given monthly
salary payments despite the illegal nature of the workplace. |