First major trial on devastating earthquakes in Turkey begins
The public prosecutor's office accuses the defendants, including the hotel owner, of serious breaches of building and safety regulations. Accordingly, the building, originally constructed as a residential building, was illegally converted into a hotel in 2011. In addition, a storey had been added without permission.
More than 50,000 people were killed in severe earthquakes in the Turkish-Syrian border region on February 6 last year. In the weeks that followed, hundreds of suspects were arrested in Turkey for bungling the construction work.
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- The large-scale process of investigating the building collapses during the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, which resulted in the death of thousands of people, started in the public prosecutor's office.
- Despite the devastating impact of the earthquakes on Turkey, the first major trial focusing on the large-scale process of building safety regulations breaches began, targeting the hotel owner and others involved.
- The illegal conversion of a residential building into a hotel in 2011 and the unauthorized addition of a floor were cited as key issues in the large-scale process being handled by the public prosecutor's office after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey.
- The public prosecutor's office accused numerous individuals involved in the creation of these dangerous structures, which collapsed during the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, of breaching large-scale process regulations.
- In Turkey, the tragic loss of over 50,000 lives due to the devastating earthquakes prompted the initiation of a large-scale process in the public prosecutor's office, aiming to hold individuals accountable for breaches in building and safety regulations.
Source: www.stern.de