DHAKA: Turkey is calling a halt to the Soma mine rescue operation after two more bodies were found, raising the death toll to 301.

The bodies of all miners trapped after the mine collapsed are now thought to be recovered.

Protesters have clashed with police near Soma. Correspondents say more than 30 people, including several lawyers, have been arrested.

Several demonstrations have been held over Turkey’s worst-ever mine disaster.

‘The rescue operation was carried out to completion. There are no miners left underground,’ Turkey energy minister Taner Yildiz said, reports the BBC.

Rescuers would be ‘scouring all corners of the mine’ one more time, he added, to confirm the final toll.

BDST: 2114 HRS, MAY 17, 2014