Rescue efforts continue at the copper mine where a landslide occurred on November 17 in Şirvan district of Siirt.

With the extraction of one more body from the copper mine, the number of miners who lost their lives in the landslide has risen to 8.

Body of another miner, Kasım Tari, has been retrieved from the mine today. Tari's body has been taken to Siirt State Hospital.

Rescue efforts for 8 trapped workers continue.

The copper mine, operated by a private company, is located in Maden village 12 km west of Şirvan district.

The full list of workers trapped in the copper mine landslide including those who lost their lives is below.

1- Savaş Kızılkan: Excavator operator (Amed)

2- Kerem Arat: Excavator operator (Şirvan district, Derinçay village)

3- Mesut Ant: Excavator operator, (Şirvan district, Maden village)

4- İbrahim Kılınç: Excavator operator, (Siirt)

5- Kasim Tari: Excavator operator (Amed)

6- Şefik Tuncer: Excavator operator (Batman)

7- Sedat Bulut: Rok operator (Şirvan district, Otluk village)

8- Abdurrahman Sönmezsoy: Rok operator (Batman)

9- Reşit Can: Truck driver, (Siirt, Yağmurtepe village)

10- Halil Başer: Truck driver (Siirt, Kurtalan district)

11- Mahmut Batumak: Truck driver (Şirvan district, Taşkaya village)

12- Bedrettin Caylı: Truck driver (Şirvan district, Yatağan village)

13- Nusret Beyazalma: Truck driver (Van, Edremit district)

14- Yavuz Yıldız: Truck driver (Şirvan district)

15- İsmail Tekin: Truck driver (Siirt, Eruh district)

16- Abdülbaki Aydın: Truck driver (Siirt, Eruh district)