21.12.2024 00:30
The verdict hearing for the Grand İsias Hotel case in Adıyaman, which served as a grave for 72 people, including students from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and tour guides who lost their lives in the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, will be held on December 24. Before the verdict hearing, the families of the TRNC students organized an event called "Raise Your Voice for Justice."
The decision hearing for the Grand İsias Hotel case in Adıyaman, which became a grave for 72 people, including students from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) and tour guides, will be held on December 24 at the Adıyaman 3rd High Criminal Court.
PROTEST BEFORE THE DECISION HEARING
Before the decision hearing, the families of KKTC students organized an event called "Raise Your Voice for Justice" at Gazimağusa Namık Kemal Square. The families and friends of tour guides also held press statements in various provinces of Turkey. Those who lost their loved ones in the İsias Hotel demanded that the defendants be tried for "possible intent" crimes.
KKTC President Ersin Tatar, Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, Interior Minister Dursun Oğuz, National Education Minister Nazım Çavuşoğlu, Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Chairman Tufan Erhürman, Gazimağusa Mayor Süleyman Uluçay, President of the Turkish Cypriot Bar Association Hasan Esendağlı, General Secretary of the Turkish Cypriot Secondary Education Teachers' Union (KTOEÖS) Tahir Gökçebel, and hundreds of citizens attended the event in Gazimağusa.
"İSİAS IS OUR COMMON CASE"
Citizens carrying banners that read "Champion angels, we will never forget you," "Justice for champion angels," and "Earthquake defendants must be tried for possible intent" shouted slogans such as "Justice will come with possible intent," "İsias is our common case," and "We have a promise to the angels."
WHAT HAPPENED?
The Grand İsias Hotel, located in the central district of Adıyaman, became a grave for 72 people, including students from KKTC and tour guides. The Adıyaman Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had prepared an indictment against the detained defendants, hotel owner Ahmet Bozkurt, his son Mehmet Fatih Bozkurt, and architect Erdem Yıldız, along with 8 other defendants who were not detained. In the hearing held on December 3, the prosecutor, who presented his opinion, requested that the defendants be punished for "causing the death and injury of multiple people with conscious negligence."
On the other hand, the Adıyaman Provincial Administration Board granted permission for an investigation against 4 public officials at the Adıyaman Municipality, which was separated from the İsias Hotel case file, but no indictment had been prepared.