Turkish police detained 33 people, including a union leader and 31 coal miners from Doruk Madencilik, on Tuesday after workers marched to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources in Ankara to demand salaries left unpaid for roughly five months. The miners, employed at a coal mine in Eskişehir's Mihalıççık district that has been under private management since the state-linked Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) transferred it to Yıldızlar SSS Holding in 2022, are also seeking severance and notice pay they say has gone unmet. Following the detentions, 110 miners launched a hunger strike outside the ministry, vowing to continue their protest until their demands — including improved safety conditions and the possible nationalisation of the mine — are addressed.