Only a pile of rubble remains from the collapsed building in Maltepe

Search and rescue efforts were completed in the debris of the 7-storey building, the first three floors of which collapsed yesterday morning in Cevizli District East Street.

After the controlled demolition, the teams started to work on removing debris and occasionally took a break to listen to sounds.

5 LOSSES

As a result of the work carried out under the coordination of AFAD, the dead bodies of 5 people out of 14 people trapped under the rubble were found.

CONTROLLED DESTRUCTION WAS CARRIED OUT

The teams carried out a controlled search for a while in case there was anyone else under the rubble. After the teams completed the work and emerged from the rubble, excavation continued with work machines. With the help of work machines, teams took pieces from the columns on each floor of the building to examine.

In the latest statement made by the governorship on the subject, it also announced the identities of the dead.

5-year-old Gülce Dora Turhan, 22-year-old Ahmet Muhammed İnan, 40-year-old Mesut Bilece, 66-year-old Hüseyin Özkurt and 20-year-old Zeynep İnan lost their lives.

Stating that debris removal efforts are continuing, the Governorship said, "A total of 3 buildings and 55 citizens in the surrounding area were evacuated, and 44 citizens in need of shelter were placed in hotels by the Disaster Shelter Group." It was said.

FAMILIES' EXPECTATION OF PAIN

While the search continued throughout the night, the last person tried to be reached was Zeynep İnan.

While it was learned that Zeynep İnan and Ahmet Muhammet İnan, one of the people pulled out of the debris during the day yesterday, were siblings; It turned out that the family was in Trabzon at the time of the disaster.

The moments when the grieving family waited by the rubble in the early hours of the morning for İnan to be taken out were heartbreaking.

The building where the collapse occurred is located on Doğu Street in Cevizli District. The construction year of the building was 1987. After the collapse of the building, which had two floors on top, the allegation of cutting columns was brought to the agenda.

It appears that there was a workplace on the ground floor of the building where the collapse occurred in the morning. It was reported that the workplace in question was a textile workshop. The photos in question show that the plaster has fallen off in some areas of the building and the iron underneath has become visible.

It was noteworthy that there were cracks in some areas of the building in Google Street View images recorded in January 2026.