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According to the constitution coal mines cannot be privately owned. However the state licenses operation of some mines to private companies. <ref>TEPAV (2016), p. 24-25</ref> In November 2017 four thousand miners occupied a mine in Zonguldak to protest against privatization.<ref>[http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/zonguldakta-bu-sabah-hareketli-dakikalar-ocaktan-cikmama-eylemi-baslattilar-40635183 Madencilerden, ocaktan çıkmama eylemi], Hürriyet, 6 Nov 2017</ref>