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Turkish private company brings 150 more workers back to Turkey from Libya

Türkiye Materials 26 February 2011 06:54 (UTC +04:00)

A Turkish private company brought on Friday back 150 more workers to Turkey from Libya due to the ongoing turmoil in that country, Anadolu agency reported.

A plane carrying workers of a private Turkish company from Sirt (Surt) landed at Ankara's Esenboga Airport around 10 p.m.

Earlier on Friday, the same private company evacuated 188 workers from Libya.

Thus, the number of Turkish workers brought from Sirt reached 338.

One of the workers who was in the first group of workers brought back to Turkey, Ali Ozboduroglu said it was calmer in Sirt, where Muammar al-Qadhafi was born and grew up.

"We watched TV and saw that our friends in other cities had difficult times. However, we were at ease," Ozboduroglu said.

Another worker, Saim Erdagli said they did not face any basic need problem.

According to unconfirmed reports, around 1,000 people have been killed in Libya since protests against Muammar al-Gadhafi's 42-year reign began last week.

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