15.11.2026 12:40
In Sütliyen Street, Meşrutiyet Neighborhood, Zonguldak Central District, a 2-story empty building diagonally opposite the 3-story building that collapsed on October 21 and killed 1 person collapsed on its own. Since AFAD, police, and municipal police teams had been waiting ready in the area beforehand due to the risk of collapse, no one was harmed. On the same street, since October 17, an abandoned building and a retaining wall had also collapsed; the road was closed to pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
An empty building next to the building where one person died and one person was injured as a result of a collapse in Zonguldak has been demolished.
In Sütliyen Street, Meşrutiyet Neighborhood of the central district, a 2-story empty building diagonally across from the 3-story building that collapsed on October 21 collapsed on its own.
Due to the risk of collapse, AFAD, police, and municipal police teams had previously been waiting in the area, and no negative incident occurred.
Teams are not allowing pedestrians or vehicles to pass on the road, which has been closed with barriers.
ACTING MAYOR: WE GOT THROUGH WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR TROUBLE
Following the collapse, Zonguldak Acting Mayor Adil Bahadır came to the area and conducted inspections.
Bahadır told journalists that the building had collapsed and did not damage the other building.
Noting that municipal teams had continued to wait at the scene as a precaution before the demolition, Bahadır said, "Thankfully, we got through without accident or trouble. We are taking precautions. The teams are now starting work. Most likely, after we carry out our work tomorrow as well, we will open the road to traffic."
Bahadır stated that tomorrow they would place concrete blocks in front of the rubble of the collapsed building, and said, "We will place the walls in front of the building as protection. In the sense that if there is any landslide from there downward, it will not damage the house. Of course, there is also a risk for the buildings behind. Right now, we are not intervening in any way."
ONE PERSON DIED IN THE OCTOBER 21 COLLAPSE
On October 21, a 3-story building collapsed in Sütliyen Street, Meşrutiyet Neighborhood in the central district, and upon notification, AFAD, fire brigade, police, medical, and UMKE teams were dispatched to the scene.
Teams rescued Kenan Akçaharman (68) from the rubble and reached the lifeless body of his sister Türkan Akçaharman Özhan (74).
It was learned that Özhan had come from out of town to look after her siblings, and that another sibling, Kemal Akçaharman (72), one of the residents of the house, was not at home at the time of the collapse.
Seven buildings around the collapsed building were evacuated as a precaution, and 30 people evacuated from the buildings were placed in various guesthouses in the city and with their relatives.
Of the 5 suspects detained in connection with the building's collapse, 3 were arrested.
SUCCESSIVE COLLAPSES ON THE SAME STREET
Meanwhile, on October 17, a part of the abandoned building on the same street collapsed, also due to the effect of rainfall.
In a statement made by the Zonguldak Governorship on November 7, it was reported that the retaining wall posing a danger would be demolished in a controlled manner by the Zonguldak Municipality after taking security measures.
The crack in the retaining wall located at the lower part of the 3-story building grew due to the pressure of the soil, and a part of the stretching wall collapsed on November 11, while the remaining part collapsed yesterday.