Thursday 15 May 2014 14.28 Turkey's main labour unions are holding a one-day nationwide strike in protest at the death of 282 people in a mining disaster in the west of the country.
Hope is fading for more than 120 miners still unaccounted for at the mine in Soma in Manisa province.
Anger is mounting over the country's worst mining accident as three days of national mourning begin.
Thousands of people clashed with police in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara last night.
Police have again fired tear gas at protesters today.
"Those who keep up with privatisation policies, who threaten workers' lives to reduce cost are the culprits of Soma massacre and they must be held accountable," said Turkey's Public Workers Unions Confederation.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan last night defended the country's mining safety record in the wake of the disaster.
He said: "Such mine accidents do not happen only in Turkey. It also happens in many countries such as the United States, China, France, India and Belgium."
The accident happened on Tuesday when an electrical fault caused an explosion and a deadly fire in the mine, which is 480km southwest of Istanbul.
Emergency workers pumped oxygen into the mine to try to keep those trapped alive during a rescue effort that lasted through the night.
Meanwhile, images have emerged of an aide of Mr Erdogan kicking a man who is being wrestled to the ground by two police officers.
The incident happened during protests as Mr Erdogan visited the mine in Soma yesterday.
Advisor Yusuf Yerkel confirmed to the BBC that he was the man in the images.
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