A workers' union in Turkey representing hundreds of thousands of employees has called for a nationwide strike on Thursday, May 15, 2014, as the death toll in the country's worst-ever mine disaster rose to 282.
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Relatives of the miners wait near the coal mine where disaster struck, in Soma, western Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2014.
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A young man waits outside the coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, May 15, 2014.
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Members of a rescue team wait outside the coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, May 15, 2014.
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A protester is kicked by Yusuf Yerkel (left), advisor to Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, as Special Forces police officers detain him during a protest against Erdogan's visit to Soma, where the mining disaster occurred, western province of Manisa, Turkey, May 14, 2014.