US Edition3 Public Officials Acquitted in Turkey Hotel Collapse Case, Others Avoid Jail - Stockholm Center for Freedom
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3 public officials acquitted in Turkey hotel collapse case, others avoid jail - Stockholm Center for Freedom
A Turkish court has acquitted three public officials and sentenced three others to prison in a case examining the role of municipal officials in the collapse of a hotel during earthquakes in 2023 that killed dozens of people, including members of a youth volleyball team from northern Cyprus, Turkish Minute reported, citing BBC Turkish edition. Devastating 7.8 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck Turkey on February 6, 2023, claiming over 53,000 l…
In Adıyaman, the defendants appeared before the judge for the fourth time in the case opened against public officials regarding the İsias Hotel, which collapsed in the February 6, 2023 earthquakes, killing 72 people. The İsias Hotel in Adıyaman was also destroyed in the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş. Among those trapped under the rubble were 72 people who had come to the city for a tournament, including volleyball students and co…
In the case of the İsias Hotel disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 72 people, the then-Director of Urban Planning Mehmet Salih Alkayış, Office Chief Bilal Balcı, and former Deputy Mayor Osman Bulut were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
In the case of the İsias Hotel, which became the tomb of 72 people, 3 public officials were sentenced to 10 years in prison for "conscious negligence," while 3 defendants were acquitted.
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