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A blast ripped through an explosives factory in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring four, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that an investigation had been launched. CNN Turk broadcast photographs showing a fireball and smoke rising from the factory building at the time of the blast, while subsequent video showed the mangled metal framework of the building destroyed in the blast. The explosion occurred at a factory in the village of Kavakli in Balikesir province some 100 miles northeast of the city of Izmir. CNN Turk cited the local governor as saying there was no suspicion of sabotage. A deadly explosion ripped through a factory in northwest Turkey on Tuesday.
Persons: Ali Yerlikaya, CNN Turk, IHA Organizations: Interior, CNN Locations: Turkey, Kavakli, Balikesir, Izmir
Turkey explosives factory blast: 11 killed
  + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Hassan Tayier | Edward Szekeres | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Eleven people were killed in a blast at an explosives and ammunition factory in the village of Kavakli in the Karesi district of Balikesir province in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, according to the country’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya, who said that an investigation had been launched. Local authorities ruled out the possibility of sabotage, CNN affiliate CNN Turk reported. Authorities are working to confirm how many people were inside the building at the time, CNN Turk reported. A screenshot of a video shows the blast at an explosives and ammunition factory in Turkey's northwest Balikesir province on Tuesday. IHA/ReutersThe interior ministry, who had initially reported that 12 people had died, revised the death count to 11 later Tuesday, saying the first report was announced mistakenly.
Persons: Ali Yerlikaya, CNN Turk, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, , , ” Erdogan, Balikesir, Yilmaz Tunc, IHA, CNN’s Kathy Rose O’Brien Organizations: CNN, Local, Turkish Locations: Kavakli, Karesi, Balikesir, Turkey, Turkish, Turkey's, Balikesir province
A Jet Ski-style vehicle packed with explosives was found off the coast of Turkey. The watercraft, thought to belong to the Ukrainian military, features sensors and a Starlink antenna. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA modified Jet Ski-style vehicle laden with explosives was found floating off the coast of Turkey, near Istanbul. The personal watercraft, believed to belong to the Ukrainian military, may offer a unique insight into how Ukraine has been producing makeshift sea drones.
Persons: , Turkey's, Sutton Organizations: Service, Turkey's İhlas News Agency, Business Locations: Turkey, Istanbul, Ukraine
Three people rescued in Turkey 198 hours after earthquake
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/3] Muhammed Cafer Cetin, a 18-year-old earthquake survivor, is rescued from the rubble of a building some 198 hours after last week's devastating earthquake, in Adiyaman, Turkey February 14, 2023. Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via REUTERSISTANBUL, Feb 14 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old named Muhammed Cafer was rescued from the rubble of a building in southern Turkey on Tuesday, the third rescue of the morning some 198 hours after last week's devastating earthquake, broadcaster CNN Turk said. A short while earlier, rescue workers pulled two brothers alive from the ruins of an apartment block in neighbouring Kahramanmaras province. State-owned Anadolu news agency identified them as 17-year-old Muhammed Enes Yeninar and his brother, 21-year-old Baki Yeninar, who was rescued after him. Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Kim Coghill and Jonathan SpicerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
[1/2] Rescuers and medics carry 8-year-old boy Arda Gul from the debris of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Elbistan, Kahramanmaras province, Turkey February 7, 2023. "His mother and sister are still under the rubble," a neighbour, Mustafa Bahcivan, said. He said he had returned to sift through rubble in the hope of finding intact phones that he might be able to sell. Up the street, four members of a family climbed another mound of rubble, trying to salvage belongings. A telecommunications engineer who had toured damage in the area said Elbistan was particularly hard hit.
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