10.11.2026 18:01
In the investigation into the explosion that occurred yesterday at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in the Aliağa district of İzmir and killed 17 people, the company's board chairman Mehmet Rüştü Başaran has been detained. Police teams, having determined that Başaran was in Istanbul, caught him at his address in Kartal. The suspect's procedures at the Public Order Branch Directorate are ongoing.
Mehmet Rüştü Başaran, chairman of the board of the company regarding the explosion at the iron and steel factory in İzmir that killed 17 people, was detained in Istanbul.
DETAINED AT HIS ADDRESS IN KARTAL
The investigation into the explosion that occurred at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in the Aliağa district is ongoing.
Within this scope, teams of the Wanted Persons Bureau of the Public Order Branch Directorate of the Istanbul Police Department determined that the company's chairman of the board, Mehmet Rüştü Başaran, was in Istanbul.
Başaran was detained by teams at his address in Kartal.
The procedures of the suspect, who was taken to the Public Order Branch Directorate, are ongoing.
17 PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE EXPLOSION
An explosion had occurred yesterday at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in the Aliağa district of İzmir, 17 people had lost their lives, and 14 people had been injured.