Turkish authorities arrested or released arrest Warranties for 130 people alleged involvement in Construction of fallen buildings down Its population was crushed after two earthquakes hit southeastern Turkey nearly a week ago.
rescue men on Sunday was still pulling lucky Few rubble, like death tally of last Monday’s earthquakes rose to 24,600 – with More than 80,000 wounded – eg of morning was sure To increase with the continued emergence of bodies.
the government He undertook a thorough investigation anyone Suspect of responsible for Meltdown of buildings.
Overnight, Vice President Fuat Oktay said that so far 131 suspects have been identified. responsible for Meltdown of some of more More than 6,400 buildings were flattened in 10 counties affected by the earthquakes also severely hit Northern Syria.
Arrest warrants were issued for 113 of Oktay told reporters in Briefing at the Disaster Management Coordination Center in Ankara. “we will follow this up Strictly until the completion of the necessary judicial process, in particular for Buildings that suffered severe damage and that caused deaths and injuries.”
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag vowed to punish those responsible anyone responsibleAnd prosecutors They began to gather building samples for certificate on building materials.
The earthquakes were powerfulbut the victims and the experts people Via turkey blame bad building for Double the destruction.
Investigation offices
Oktay said the Ministry of Justice has set up offices to investigate earthquake crimes in The provinces of the earthquake area to investigate deaths and injuries.
Ministry of Justice on Saturday announced planned facility of Offices of “Earthquake Crime Investigation”. The offices aim to identify contractors and others responsible for building Works, evidence collection, expert guidance, including architects, geologists, and engineers, and verification building and occupancy permits.
Environment Minister Murat Kurum said that 24,921 buildings around region collapsed or severely damaged in existing earthquake on Ratings of more More than 170,000 buildings.
authorities at Istanbul airport on On Sunday, it detained two contractors responsible for destruction of several buildings in Adiyaman, Demiroren News Agency (DHA) and others media mentioned. It was reported that the couple on they way to Georgia.
two more people They are caught in interrupt of I suspected Gaziantep of after cutting down Columns for extra space in a building Anadolu Agency (AA) said he collapsed.
state prosecutors in Adana command detention of 62 people in Investigation of collapsed buildings. In comparison with, prosecutors cultivate arrest 33 people in Diar Baker for Same reason the agency said.
said eight people He was arrested in Şanlıurfa and four in Ottoman in communication with destroyed He believes the buildings have flaws, such as having columns removed.
Police arrested developer of one A collapsed apartment complex in historical city of Antakya airport in Istanbul as it was preparing for board airplane for the black Mountain on Friday evening. He was officially arrested on Saturday.
upscale 12-story Apartment complex in The construction of Hatay Province was completed a decade ago and contains 249 apartments. he was not there information on victims in that building.
said the arrested man prosecutors he did not do know I mentioned a. a. Why the compound collapsed and that he wanted to go to Montenegro is irrelevant.
“We have fulfilled all procedures set out in “Legislation,” AA quoted him as saying in piano. All licenses have been obtained.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the most affected area was 500 km (310 mi) in Qatar and home to 13.5 million people in Turkish and that more More than a million people were accommodated in temporary shelters.
during a tour of Erdogan said that the cities affected by Saturday’s earthquake are a disaster of This range was rare and again Referred to as “The Catastrophe”. of the century. “
Hundreds said of thousands of Buildings were uninhabitable across southern Turkey and this is what the authorities are doing soon start rebuild.
“We planned it rebuild hundreds of thousands of He said. “we will start Take the concrete steps In a few weeks.”
he added that government Aims to build inside the housing one year for Those left without a home in The ten affected counties.
