22.01.2025 10:31
In the hotel fire in Bolu Kartalkaya, where 76 people lost their lives, it has been learned that Turkish Airlines employee Zehra Sena Gültekin called her mother to seek forgiveness amidst the flames. A total of 14 people, including Gültekin, from the family that came to Kartalkaya for the semester break, lost their lives.
The fire disaster that broke out around 03:00 at the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya, which resulted in the loss of 76 lives and injuries to 51 people, deeply shocked all of Turkey. A heartbreaking detail has emerged regarding the family in which 14 people lost their lives.
SHE SOUGHT FORGIVENESS FROM HER MOTHER IN THE FIRE
It has been learned that Zehra Sena Gültekin, an employee of Turkish Airlines (THY) who lost her life in the fire, called her mother to seek forgiveness during the incident. Gültekin had gone to Kartalkaya with her husband, three children, and 9 family members due to the mid-term break of schools. In the fire, Zehra Sena Gültekin, her husband, three children, and relatives also lost their lives.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LOST THEIR LIVES
In the fire disaster, Dr. Lecturer Kübra Tonguç Altın, who went to Kartalkaya for vacation from İzmir, and her 4th-grade daughter Alya Altın lost their lives. Kübra Tonguç Altın's husband, Hilmi Altın, survived the fire with injuries. It was learned that Alya was a 4th-grade student at a private school in İzmir, and her mother Kübra Tonguç Altın was a graduate of the Pediatric Dentistry PhD program at Yeditepe University, where she served in the academic staff with the title of Doctor Lecturer. It was also noted that the family's hometown was Soma district of Manisa.
DENTIST COUPLE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN DIED IN THE FIRE
Dentist Yasemin Boncuk Tüzgiray (41) from Bursa, her husband dentist Erhan Tüzgiray (48), and their children Defne Tüzgiray (11) and Demir Tüzgiray (8) lost their lives in the fire. The funerals of the family members who died in Kartalkaya, where they had come for vacation from the Mudanya district of Bursa, will be held after the noon prayer at Bademli Mosque and then buried in Bademli cemetery.
WHAT HAPPENED?
In the fire that broke out around 03:00 at the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel, 76 out of 238 guests in the hotel lost their lives, and 51 were injured. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 9 people had been detained as a result of the investigation into the fire.