Striking claim from the brother of the engineer who died at the HABAŞ factory in Izmir

Explaining that his brother, who works as a mechanical engineer, started working at the HABAŞ factory three months ago, Özçelik said, "This was the second explosion. One person died in the first explosion, but the incident did not escalate. My brother also had his hands burned at this workplace before." he said.

Özçelik, who said that he was threatened after his brother's work accident, said, "However, the people around him scared him by saying, 'If you say it was a work accident, they will fire you and deal with you.' He went to the hospital for a check-up, but he still could not complain. After a week passed, he went back to his workplace to work. They said that they would deal with him and that he would be threatened." he said.