On the 28th anniversary of the grizu disaster in Zonguldak Kozlu on March 3, 1992, where 263 miners were martyred, the ‘defective law’ was brought to the agenda again.
With the law adopted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in March 2018, it was decided to place one of the 417 families in public works, who lost their relatives in the mines between June 10, 2003 and May 13, 2014. However, the families of 800 miners who died before 2003 and after 2014 were not granted this right.
INJURY MUST BE REMOVED
CHP Zonguldak Deputy Deniz Yavuzyilmaz criticized the law that distinguishes between martyrs and said:
* On March 3, 1992, I, as a child of this region, experienced this disaster as a child who went to middle school. I grew up in this land with our 263 martyrs and my friends who lost their fathers. The law, which gives the right to employment in the public sector, includes the families of miners who died between 2003 and 2014.
* The family of our miner, who died before and after these dates, cannot benefit from this right. No discrimination can be made among our martyred miners. I submitted the law proposal I prepared in this regard to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 2019. The ruling party did not put the proposal on the agenda, it is kept on the commission. Injustice must be eliminated.
Pain that has not been resting for 28 years
263 mining workers martyred in the grizu disaster on March 3, 1992 in Zonguldak were remembered yesterday with prayers. Turkey Hard Coal Enterprises (TTK) Kozlu Müessesesi a ceremony in Zonguldak Deputy Governor Mehmet Turkish, TCC General Manager Kazim Eroglu, Chairman Hakan Green GMİS joined by miners.
The National Anthem was read at the ceremony after a moment of silence. TTK General Manager Kazım Eroğlu said: “Miners who die for a handful of coal are beside the brave people who die for the homeland. You are entrusted to us by both our state, our nation and your family. ” (IHA)
