In the fire in Kadıköy, the writer Süha Oğuzertem lost his life.

07.05.2025 09:02

In a fire that broke out on the first floor of an apartment building in Kadıköy, 65-year-old critic writer Süha Oğuzertem lost his life due to smoke inhalation. One of the residents of the building said, "The fire started in the living room from something like a cellphone or charger that we heard about as a rumor. Of course, we don't have anything official."

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A fire broke out on the first floor of a 10-story building in Kadıköy. Critic writer Süha Oğuzertem, who was affected by the smoke from the fire, lost his life.

The fire broke out at around 19:30 for reasons yet unknown on the first floor of the 10-story building located on Aktepe Street in the Zühtüpaşa neighborhood. According to the information obtained, those who saw smoke coming from the building reported the situation to the fire department, police, and medical teams. The fire was extinguished with the intervention of the fire department. It was learned that 65-year-old critic writer Süha Oğuzertem, who lived alone in the house, was seriously injured due to smoke inhalation. After the first intervention at the scene, Oğuzertem was taken to the hospital but could not be saved despite all efforts. After the incident, the apartment where the fire broke out became unusable. While the fire department investigated the cause of the fire, the police launched an investigation into the incident.

"IT MAY HAVE COME FROM THE CHARGER"

One of the residents, Banu Atilla, said, "We all jumped up when our neighbors in the back apartment said there was a fire. When we went to the back, our neighbor was at the window, already burned, and smoke was coming out of the house. At that moment, another wave of smoke came. I think he passed away at that moment. After that, we didn't see him move at all. We had already called the fire department before that. The fire department and ambulance arrived very quickly. All our neighbors were evacuated. The fire department intervened from both inside and outside. The police and crime scene investigation teams arrived. Then they took the body out. The fire, as we heard as a rumor, came from something like a cellphone or charger in the living room. That's what we know; of course, we don't have anything official."

WHO IS SÜHA OĞUZERTEM?

After being seriously injured in the fire in Kadıköy and being taken to the hospital, Süha Oğuzertem lost his life. He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the Department of Comparative Literature at Indiana University. He taught in the master's and doctoral programs of the Turkish Literature Department at Bilkent University from 1998 to 2007. From 2008 to 2015, he worked in the Department of Comparative Literature at Istanbul Bilgi University. It was learned that he also served as the director of the Master's Program and the Turkish Language Unit for a while.