Those who lost their relatives in the explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory spoke: 'No one should get away with it...'

Autopsy procedures are continuing at the Forensic Medicine Institute for the bodies of the workers who lost their lives at the iron and steel factory in Izmir's Aliağa district.

Relatives of those who lost their lives reacted to the factory management and made statements about what happened while waiting for the procedures to be completed.

"MY BROTHER'S HANDS WERE BURNED AT THIS WORKPLACE BEFORE"

Şeval Özçelik (20), the sister of Kadir Kan Özçelik (25), who lost his life in the factory, said in his statement that "her brother was killed at 12:00 yesterday."

Şeval Özçelik said:

"He was killed by the managers of the fireworks factory and other responsible people, but I don't even know who was responsible. Because I didn't even know whether my brother was dead or not. They hid my brother's death from us yesterday. My brother was working at the site of the explosion. My brother died in the morning, but they did not tell us that my brother was dead. We waited there until 20:00 in the evening. We could not find my brother. They suddenly gave us the news like a rag. We went and they directed us here. Doctors from there, He says, 'If your brother is not among the living, go to Forensic Medicine.' Are these people garbage? Why are we looking for our loved ones, our mother, our father, our brother in the garbage?

Şeval Özçelik stated that his mechanical engineer brother started working three months ago and continued as follows:

"This was the second explosion. The incident did not escalate because one person died in the first explosion. My brother's hands were burned in this workplace before, but the people around him scared me, saying, 'If you say it was a work accident, they will fire you and deal with you.' He went to Menemen State Hospital for a check-up, but he could not even complain. After a week passed, he went back to work at the workplace. They said that he would be threatened and that they would deal with him. They killed my brother. I will not let this go. I will not let this go until my last blood. I will be after you. Don't rest easy either. I will do my best if necessary, but I will not let this go."

Şeval Özçelik asked his followers not to think "It won't happen to me" and said, "It can happen to you. My brother was single, he was only 25 years old, he was young. It was my birthday on November 16th, he was going to buy me gifts. He had just shaved, he was going to show it off in the evening. In the morning, he said, 'How can I get my hair cut?' he asked. You took this from me. You will be held accountable one by one. "From the least guilty to the most guilty," he said.

"DO NOT COVER THIS TOO"

Hakan Ural said, "Another life was already lost five days ago, he was 20 years old. A man named Oran Altay died there. This was also covered up. This should not be covered up either. This is our request from the state. The state is already on our side, but may God give patience to these families. That is what we want. Our condolences, our condolences to Türkiye. No one should get away with it."