From left, actress Demet Akbag, director Nuri Bilgle Ceylan, actor Haluk Bilginer and actress Melisa Soezen pose for photographers with signs reading "soma", a reference to Turkey's worst mining incident in which hundreds of miners were killed earlier this week in Soma, Turkey, during a photo call for Winter Sleep at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2014. At least 250 people died in a coal mine explosion and fire, which has set off a raft of protests and public outrage at allegedly poor safety conditions at Turkish coal mines, widespread corruption and what some perceived as government indifference. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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