Published February 11,2023
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Turkish authorities have begun to arrest contractors over buildings that collapsed after lethal two main earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye and western Syria.
Police arrested Hasan Alpargun within the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) after some buildings made by his building firm collapsed within the southern Adana province, in keeping with safety forces.
Prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Alpargun on suspicion of reckless manslaughter and different costs.
Contractor Ibrahim Mustafa Uncuoğlu was arrested in Istanbul after technical examination of the wreckage of an residence constructing within the Gaziantep province discovered neglect.
Istanbul police arrested one other contractor, Mehmet Ertan Akay, after his constructing collapsed throughout the quake in Gaziantep.
Prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Akay on costs of reckless manslaughter and constructing code violations.
Mehmet Yasar Coşkun, the contractor of a giant residential constructing within the hard-hit Hatay province, was additionally taken into custody on Saturday.
Earlier, safety forces arrested Coşkun at Istanbul Airport on his solution to Montenegro whereas trying to depart Türkiye.
Coskun claimed that didn’t know why the constructing was destroyed, and that his flight to Montenegro had nothing to do with the collapsed constructing.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Wednesday vowed to take motion towards negligence and flaws after the lethal quakes.
Underlining that the precedence now’s to save lots of people who find themselves trapped beneath the rubble, Bozdağ pledged, “After that, the judicial process will follow. All those who had negligence and fault will be held accountable.”
At least 22,327 individuals died and 80,278 others have been injured in two sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, the nation’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated on Saturday.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 10 provinces, additionally together with Hatay, Malatya, Gaziantep, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Şanliurfa.
Several nations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the sturdy tremors that struck Türkiye within the house of lower than 10 hours.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
