The total collapse of the buildings, which betrays their poor construction and left their occupants virtually no chance, is causing outrage in the country where some 22,000 people have lost their lives and more than 80,000 have been injured.
Twelve people from the construction industry were arrested in Turkey after thousands of buildings collapsed in the south of the country following Monday’s earthquake, local media reported on Saturday.
Among those arrested are a businessman from Gaziantep province and eleven people from Sanliurfa province, according to Turkish news agency DHA.
The total collapse of the buildings, which betrays their poor construction and left their occupants virtually no chance, is causing outrage in the country where some 22,000 people have lost their lives and more than 80,000 have been injured.
More arrests are expected after the prosecutor of Diyarbakir, one of the ten provinces affected by the disaster, announced today that he had issued 29 arrest warrants, the official Anadolu news agency reported.
According to this source, one of those arrested is a businessman who built buildings in Gaziantep and was arrested in Istanbul.
Several investigations have been launched by prosecutors in affected provinces such as Kahramanmaras, where the town of Pazardzhik was at the epicenter of the earthquake.
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has instructed prosecutors in ten provinces to open “earthquake-related crime investigation offices.”
On Friday, police arrested a businessman from Hatay province at Istanbul airport, whose luxury residence completely collapsed, overwhelming its occupants.
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