{"id":550941,"date":"2023-02-12T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T10:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/turkey-arrests-building-contractors-6-days-after-quakes\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T10:12:24","slug":"turkey-arrests-building-contractors-6-days-after-quakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/turkey-arrests-building-contractors-6-days-after-quakes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Turkey arrests building contractors 6 days after quakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3500b4be562\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3500b4be562\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/turkey-arrests-building-contractors-6-days-after-quakes\/#Turkey_arrests_building_contractors_6_days_after_quakes\" >Turkey arrests building contractors 6 days after quakes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Turkey_arrests_building_contractors_6_days_after_quakes\"><\/span>Turkey arrests building contractors 6 days after quakes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) \u2014 As rescuers still pulled a lucky few from the rubble six days after a pair of earthquakes devastated southeast Turkey and northern Syria, Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some 130 people allegedly involved in the construction of buildings that toppled down and crushed their occupants.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll from Monday\u2019s quakes stood at 28,191 \u2014 with another 80,000-plus injured \u2014 as of Sunday morning and was certain to rise as bodies kept emerging.<\/p>\n<p>As despair also bred rage at the agonizingly slow rescue efforts, the focus turned to who was to blame for not better preparing people in the earthquake-prone region that includes an area of Syria that was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-lebanon-earthquakes-0a57b32a70815facf590ec4b724b291f?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=RelatedStories&amp;utm_campaign=position_04\" data-ylk=\"slk:already suffering from years of civil war;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">already suffering from years of civil war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Turkey has, on paper, construction codes that meet current earthquake-engineering standards, they <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-government-istanbul-fbd6af578a6056569879b5ef6c55d322?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=RelatedStories&amp;utm_campaign=position_03\" data-ylk=\"slk:are too rarely enforced;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">are too rarely enforced<\/a>, explaining why thousands of buildings slumped onto their side or pancaked downward onto residents.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said late on Saturday that warrants have been issued for the detention of 131 people suspected to being responsible for collapsed buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s justice minister has vowed to punish anyone responsible, and prosecutors have begun gathering samples of buildings for evidence on materials used in constructions. The quakes were powerful, but victims, experts and people across Turkey are blaming bad construction for multiplying the devastation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities arrested two people in the province of Gaziantep on Sunday who are suspected of having cut down columns to make extra room in a building that collapsed, the state-run Anadolu Agency said.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, Turkey\u2019s Justice Ministry announced the planned establishment of \u201cEarthquake Crimes Investigation\u201d bureaus. The bureaus would aim to identify contractors and others responsible for building works, gather evidence, instruct experts including architects, geologists and engineers, and check building permits and occupation permits.<\/p>\n<p>A building contractor was detained by authorities on Friday at Istanbul airport before he could board a flight out of the country. He was the contractor of a luxury 12-story building in the historic city of Antakya, in Hatay province, the collapse of which left an untold number of dead.<\/p>\n<p>The detentions could help direct public anger toward builders and contractors, deflecting attention away from local and state officials who allowed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently sub-standard constructions to go ahead. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#8217;s government, already burdened by an economic downturn and high inflation, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-turkey-government-recep-tayyip-erdogan-7271a2f750c3f9fadd689c44d35b4d49?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=RelatedStories&amp;utm_campaign=position_01\" data-ylk=\"slk:faces parliamentary and presidential elections;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">faces parliamentary and presidential elections<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors, many of whom lost loved ones, have turned their frustration and anger also at authorities. Rescue crews have been overwhelmed by the widespread damage which has impacted roads and airports, making it even more difficult to race against the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan acknowledged earlier in the week that the initial response has been hampered by the extensive damage. He said the worst-affected area was 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter and was home to 13.5 million people in Turkey. During a tour of quake-damaged cities Saturday, Erdogan said a disaster of this scope was rare, and again referred to it as the \u201cdisaster of the century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers, including crews from other countries, continued to probe the rubble in hope of finding additional survivors who could yet beat the increasingly long odds. Thermal cameras were used to probe the piles of concrete and metal, while rescuers demanded silence so that they could hear the voices of the trapped.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-year-old boy was removed from the debris of his home in Adiyaman city on Sunday, 151 hours after the quake. The rescue was broadcast live by HaberTurk television, showing the child wrapped in a space blanket and put into an ambulance. An exhausted rescuer removed his surgical mask and took deep breaths as a group of women could be heard crying in joy.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s health minister, Fahrettin Koca, posted a video of a young girl in a navy blue jumper who was rescued. \u201cGood <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> at the 150th hour. Rescued a little while ago by crews. There is always hope!\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts of a team of Italian and Turkish rescuers also paid off when they removed a 35-year-old man from the wreckage in the hard-hit city of Antakya. The man, Mustafa Sarigul, appeared to be unscathed as he was being transported on a stretcher to an ambulance, 149 hours after the first quakes, private NTV television reported.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, a child was also freed in the town of Nizip, in Gaziantep, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, while a 32-year woman, was rescued from the ruins of a eight-story building in the city of Antakya. The woman, a teacher named Meltem, asked for tea as soon as she emerged, according to NTV.<\/p>\n<p>In Kahramanmaras, near the epicenter of the first 7.8 quake that struck early Monday morning, efforts were underway to reach a survivor detected by sniffer dogs beneath a now-pancaked seven-story building, NTV reported.<\/p>\n<p>Those found alive, however, remained the rare exception.<\/p>\n<p>A large makeshift graveyard was under construction in Antakya\u2019s outskirts on Saturday. Backhoes and bulldozers dug pits in the field as trucks and ambulances loaded with black body bags arrived continuously. The hundreds of graves, spaced no more than 3 feet (a meter) apart, were marked with simple wooden planks set vertically in the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The picture is less clear of the plight across the border in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll in Syria\u2019s northwestern rebel-held region has reached 2,166, according to the rescue worker group the White Helmets. The overall death toll in Syria stood at 3,553 on Saturday, though the 1,387 deaths reported for government-held parts of the country hadn\u2019t been updated in days.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s earthquake coverage at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/earthquakes<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Suzan Fraser reported from Ankara.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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