Call from Kartalkaya families to Minister Gürlek: 'Look, it's an empty file!'

Kartalkaya Family Platform made a statement in front of the Bolu Palace of Justice after the hotel where the disaster occurred, demanding "the officials of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be held accountable before the judiciary" while the budget of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was being discussed in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission.

Lawyer Yüksel Gültekin, who lost 8 members of his family in the disaster, said, "We, the families who lost 78 of their children in the Kartalkaya disaster that occurred on January 21, 2025, are again in front of the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office."

Gültekin stated that he woke up this morning with hope and said, "Because I saw that a robber lady who was a minister in this country was arrested and sent to prison, my hope increased. It increased for this reason: If we insist, you, the members of the press, support us and the public keeps this incident alive, I think there will be very little time left until the law will hold accountable those who openly burned our 78 martyred children and those who did not do their duty to supervise. Hopefully, in a very short time, with the support of you and the public, 78 of them will be held accountable." "We will be fortunate enough to see those who had a greater or lesser share in this incident that took our lives and caused it to be brought to justice," he said.

"WE CANNOT AGREE THAT THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM IS STILL THERE IN A RULE OF LAW"

Reminding that the budget of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was discussed in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey's Planning and Budget Commission, Gültekin said, "I do not want to make any insulting statements for 22 months from the moment the incident occurred, but we, as a family, cannot tolerate the fact that the Minister of Culture and Tourism, who insensitively tries to keep this incident away from the public agenda and tries to get away from it, is still there in a state of law, and the public cannot tolerate it."

Lawyer Yüksel Gültekin said:

"But there is a climate of fear, no one speaks out. Valuable members of the press are with us everywhere. But the images do not come out and are censored. Unfortunately, ETS's boss, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, silences the press with the advertising revenues he pumps into the press. Look, we have said it from the beginning. If everyone is silent, if this world is silent, the relatives of these 78 martyred families will not remain silent. I will not remain silent. I, who visit the graves of their children every day morning and evening, will not remain silent. This "I maintain my belief that justice will definitely hold these unscrupulous people, these lawless ones, to account."

"NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE FILE FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS"