Death of 14-year-old Mahmut... İsmailağa, the operator of the parking lot, pointed out the municipality!

14-year-old Mahmut Işıldak lost his life after being electrocuted due to electrical cables left exposed in the parking lot of Çukurbostan park in Fatih Balat during heavy rain in Istanbul.

Following Işıldak's death, all eyes turned to the İsmailağa community, which was learned to operate the car park.

In the statement they made on their social media accounts yesterday, the community claimed that they had been operating the car park since 2011, but that Fatih Municipality had not carried out any work on the car park, which they took over with its infrastructure and installation, during this period.

In the statement shared on the community's social media account, "The parking lot in the said parking area has been operated by our association's economic enterprise, subject to a business opening and operating license duly issued by Fatih Municipality, in the area allocated to our association by Fatih Municipality since 2011. The parking area was taken over by our enterprise with its infrastructure and installation, and no work was carried out in the area afterwards. There are technical problems related to the infrastructure and installation that were made before the allocation, which are not related to the parking operation, and the allegations of negligence." "The investigation and legal process continues with the close monitoring of our authorities."

THE COURT OF ACCOUNTS REPORT THAT THE PARKING PARKING IS ILLEGAL

Although İsmailağa Community claimed that the car park was operated under a business license, the Court of Accounts determined that the car park was operated illegally.

According to Evrensel's news, in the Fatih Municipality report of the Court of Accounts for 2023, "These uses in the park areas are contrary to the zoning legislation, and the use of the Administration's immovable properties in return for remuneration is also a practice against the Law No. 2886. ... Based on the above-mentioned inspection findings, in the statement made by the Administration; a building will be built in a part of the park to be used by people who will protect the park in order to ensure the public order and security of the parks and to keep the parks and their surroundings clean." "It has been stated that it is allowed. However, such a practice has no place in the legislative provisions that the administration is obliged to comply with."

Fatih Municipality sources claimed that "the parking lot will now be operated by the municipality."