7-storey building collapsed in Maltepe: 5 people died!

THE WOUNDED SURVIVED AND TOLD HIS EXPERIENCES

Speaking to reporters, Tolga Gülpınar, one of the residents of the building, stated that the fire crews were evacuated with their mobile elevator and said, "I was alone at home during the collapse. We woke up with the impact of the collapse. We tried to stay as sane and calm as possible and evacuate without making our job difficult. The fire crews did their best to evacuate us, and we tried to help them." he said.

Stating that he was taken out of the building by the mobile elevator of the fire brigade, Gülpınar explained that the building was old and that they had previously attempted urban transformation together with their neighbors.

Stating that they met with the contractors together with the residents of the apartment to benefit from the "Half is on Us" campaign, but they did not conclude an agreement, Gülpınar said, "We intended to do so, but we did not finalize it. I wish we had." he said.

Stating that he did not want to comment on the allegations that columns were cut or dismantled in the workplace on the ground floor of the building in the past, Gülpınar noted that he did not want to make serious accusations against anyone about an issue that he did not witness, and that experts would examine it and what was necessary would be done.

Stating that there were some cracks in the building before, Gülpınar said that some neighbors said they heard cracking sounds before the collapse, but he did not witness these sounds.