As a result of the collapse of the Bulut Apartmanı in Odabaşı District of Hatay's Antakya district during the February 6 earthquakes, 27 people, including 2 babies, lost their lives and 1 person survived with injuries.
Hatay Chief Public Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit against the building owner and building contractor Mustafa Arslanoğlu, site manager and static project designer Hasan Döner, building inspection company official Ali Ender Satmaz and building inspection company officials Hüseyin Durak, Hasancan Şenol and Fırat Kuyumcuoğlu for "causing death and injury through conscious negligence" regarding the demolition of the building.
INVESTIGATION PERMISSION REQUESTED FOR 11 NAMES
The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested permission from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate 11 people, including former Antakya Mayor İsmail Kimyeci and former Deputy Mayor Nuriye Elçin Eryetli, alleging negligence and responsibility for the collapse of the building.
Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi gave permission for an investigation against some municipal officials.
In the decision, it was stated that the construction of the building started in 2017, that the zoning peace was not benefited from and that there was no building registration certificate for the building.
"VISIBLE" ASSESSMENT FOR MANUFACTURING CONTRARY TO THE PROJECT
In the decision, it was stated that in the static project prepared within the scope of the Regulation on Buildings to be Constructed in Earthquake Zones dated 2007, there were inadequacies in the element, size and reinforcement area in columns and curtains, and that the project was approved without correcting the contradictions in the static project, thus violating Article 22 of the Zoning Law No. 3194.
In this context, it was decided to allow an investigation against former Deputy Director of Zoning and Urbanization Muhammet Cevdet Havayıoğlu, who controlled the static project, Civil Engineer Fahriye Aktaş, and former Deputy Mayor Nuriye Elçin Eryetli, who approved the project.
In the decision of the Minister of Internal Affairs, it was stated that the expert report stated that there were differences between the building project and the implementation, that some terraces and balconies were changed contrary to the project, and that the building control unit was "secondary defective".
Considering that the works contrary to the project were "visible" when the building occupancy permit was issued, it was decided to allow an investigation against Deputy Director of Technical Affairs Mehmet Bök, former Deputy Director of Zoning and Urbanization Muhammet Cevdet Havayıoğlu, Mechanical Engineer Mustafa İnan and Architect Nigar Nilay Havayıoğlu, who checked and signed the document.
FORMER MAYOR KİMYECİ WAS NOT GRANTED PERMISSION TO INVESTIGATE
In the decision, it was stated that the expert report did not attribute any defects to the architectural project and building permit of the building and that the municipal officials who signed these transactions were not negligent or responsible.
In this context, investigation permission was not given against former Deputy Mayor Nuriye Elçin Eryetli, former Deputy Director of Zoning and Urbanization Muhammet Cevdet Havayıoğlu, former Architect Ayşegül Uğur Çıray, geological engineer Tüge Gündüz and civil servant Yüksel Şenol.
An investigation permission was not given against former Antakya Mayor İsmail Kimyeci on the grounds that his signature was not on the building projects, building licenses and building occupancy permits, there was no evidence that he was aware of the irregularities stated in the expert report and he was not responsible.
It was decided not to grant permission for an investigation against License Officer Nezahat Eryılmaz on the grounds that she was not responsible for detecting productions contrary to the license annexes.
