Four Turkish miners were killed after a copper mine collapsed in the southeastern province of Siirt, local media reported.
Another 12 men remained trapped in the mine, CNN Turk broadcaster said, as rescuers and ambulances were sent to the scene late yesterday.
There appeared to be confusion over the numbers stuck in the mine after Besime Konca, a pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker for Siirt, said on Twitter that 14 people were trapped.
She added that one injured individual was rescued, according to initial information.
The mine in Sirvan district is owned by a private company, the official news agency Anadolu said, without naming the firm.
It comes more than two years after the country's worst modern industrial disaster in May 2014 which left 301 miners dead following a fire at the Soma mine in western Turkey.
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