- An injured miner came out carried by rescuers, on May 13, 2014 after an explosion in the Soma mine. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)
- A miner reacts after being affected with toxic gas while searching for co-workers. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)
- Miners change their clothes in an outside building after searching for hours hundreds of their co-workers. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)
- Boats of miners in an outside building after searching for co-workers. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)
- People dig graves for miners in a cemetery during the funeral ceremony of miners who died in the mine. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)
- People mourn in a cemetery during the funeral ceremony. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)
As Turkey attempts to come to terms with the country’s worst industrial disaster, the mine fire that has left at least 300 people dead, the prime minister faces a growing backlash over his handling of the tragedy.