
Contractors and public officials were punished in the case regarding the demolition of Proton Apartment, where 64 people lost their lives in the February 6 earthquakes.
In the Proton Apartment case, where 64 people died in the February 6 earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, contractor Rafet Küsmüş and project designer Sıtkı Okumuş were sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison, and two public officials were sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison.
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64 people lost their lives in the Proton Apartment, which collapsed in the February 6 earthquakes. A lawsuit was filed against the defendants for causing death through conscious negligence.
In the February 6 earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, 64 people, including a 5-month-old baby, lost their lives as a result of the collapse of the Proton Apartment in Abdullah Çavuş District of Onikişubat district.
The lawsuit filed against the contractor and technical responsible Rafet Küsmüş and the static project designer Sıtkı Okumuş for the crime of "causing death and injury through conscious negligence" was combined with the lawsuits filed against Hacı Mehmet Güner, Zeynel Abidin Şerefoğlu, Mehmet Dışçeken and Emre Arıkan, who worked in the Directorate of Development Affairs of Kahramanmaraş Municipality at the time the building was constructed.
The verdict hearing was held at Kahramanmaraş 4th High Criminal Court.
PRISON SENTENCES TO 4 DEFENDANTS VARYING BETWEEN 6 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 13 YEARS 4 MONTHS
The court sentenced contractor and technical officer Rafet Küsmüş to 16 years in prison for "causing death and injury through conscious negligence". Considering the impact of the sentence on his future, the court reduced Küsmüş's sentence to 13 years and 4 months by applying a good behavior discount.
Static project designer Sıtkı Okumuş was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison for the same crime. With the verdict, the court decided to arrest Küsmüş and Okumuş and ban them from profession for two years.
The court sentenced public officials Hacı Mehmet Güner and Zeynel Abidin Şerefoğlu to 8 years in prison for "causing death and injury by negligence" and reduced the sentences to 6 years and 8 months each by applying a discount for good behavior.

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