Sarıyer Municipality abandoned its personnel who suffered a work accident to their fate.

On February 19, 2024, in a traffic accident, Barkın Temetaş, an employee of Sarıyer Municipality, was seriously injured. After receiving initial treatment at the hospital, Barkın Temetaş was hastily transferred to Istanbul Physical Therapy Hospital before his treatment was completed. Since February 19, 2024, his family has been fighting for him to receive comprehensive treatment, stating that they have not even received a get-well-soon phone call from Sarıyer Municipality. Additionally, the municipality's contrasting behavior was highlighted by their posts on social media platforms showing assistance to those in need while failing to help their own staff. Aykut Metehan, the News Director of Sarıyer Söz Newspaper, contacted the family and Yaşar Taşkent, the President of the Çayırbaşı Roman Culture Preservation and Solidarity Association, personally visited the family to give them a microphone to make their voices heard.

Barkın Temetaş's father, Tayfur Temetaş, expressed the following:

"I am Barkın Temetaş's father. My son was working in a garbage truck at the municipality nine months ago. He had a traffic accident while working in the garbage truck. As a result of the accident, his skull bones were damaged. Subsequently, his leg was also broken, and he started receiving treatment in the hospital. He underwent three surgeries; his skull bones were repaired, and he had surgery on his leg."

"VISITOR TRAFFIC WAS INTENSE BEFORE THE ELECTION"

"At that time, there were elections. Nine months ago, during the election period, all the mayors came to visit us, saying we will take care of you, we will not leave your child alone, we will definitely take care of your child as he will be treated in Acıbadem. Of course, I never asked anyone for anything. The only thing I wanted from them was for my son's treatment to be taken care of. All the mayors came, Oktay Aksu also came."

INJURED EMPLOYEE FORGOTTEN AFTER THE ELECTION

"The elections ended, and everyone sat in their seats. Not even once did they call me to say get well soon. Later, we were transferred from Acıbadem Hospital to Istanbul Physical Therapy Hospital. Barkın needed physical therapy."

"WE WAITED FOR HOURS"

"We went to Istanbul Physical Therapy Hospital, but they did not accept us. They kept us waiting for hours with IVs in our arms. Finally, late at night, they admitted us to the palliative care unit. The reason they admitted us was that my child was now completely purple. During that time, he was being fed with formula, as he had just undergone surgery. Acıbadem had already referred us immediately after the surgery. My child needed to be hospitalized longer; his treatment needed to continue. His treatment was left incomplete. Immediately after the elections, Acıbadem stopped his treatment and wanted us to receive treatment at another hospital.

We started receiving treatment there. I pay 600 TL daily for a physical therapy doctor, and I pay 300 TL daily for an occupational therapy specialist. I am not even mentioning the extra expenses; my wife stayed with him as a companion for nine months, and we have a son with Down syndrome, so I was also staying with him."

"I BOUGHT EVERYTHING USED IN MY CHILD'S TREATMENT"

"I bought everything used in my child's treatment: sheets, medications, IVs, everything you can think of. Then our treatment period there ended, and we were discharged from the hospital. For about a week, his mother took care of him at home, but we got an appointment again from the hospital so that Barkın could continue his physical therapy. I applied to many places for Barkın to be treated in a more equipped hospital, like Çam Sakura State Hospital, but I received no response from anywhere."

"THE MAYOR DID NOT MEET WITH ME"

"I applied to the mayors, I applied to the mayor's assistants, but they keep sending me from one to another; it has been nine months like this. I could no longer stand it and went to the mayor's office, but the mayor did not meet with me. Again, they keep sending me from one to another, but no one came to meet me. I wanted to say, 'I have a problem, my son is sick, I want to explain my issue.' No one came forward. They sent two girls to me, saying, 'You tell us, and we will write it down.' I said, 'Okay, let me tell you, write it down.' I said, 'I have never asked for anything until today; this is my first and last visit here. The only thing I want from you is for Barkın to urgently undergo surgery and start physical therapy, but the first surgery was done by the doctor at Acıbadem; send me there. The doctor should check Barkın's leg to see if he needs surgery or not; let him decide. I do not want anything else from you.'

They again said, 'Okay, we wrote it down; you go downstairs to the Head of the Cleaning Department,' but no one invited me to their office. I went down, and there they said, 'Okay, we will let you know.'

"WE RECEIVED NO HELP FROM THE MUNICIPALITY"

"Subsequently, they sent me a ridiculous message saying, 'If the doctor accepts, we will let you know.' After that, I received no response. The municipality did not provide us with any help. They did not even say get well soon to us. I can take care of my child anyway, but Barkın had an occupational accident; they should take care of their own staff. The least they could do is call and say, 'Take Barkın to this hospital, this doctor.' They didn't even do that.

Since he is not working, he has to receive half of his salary. Is it possible to live on half a salary in these living conditions? Is treatment possible? You buy a gauze from the pharmacy for 200 TL. The issue here is the municipality's failure to support its own employee. Their insensitivity is the main issue. They do not look at this incident humanely. Even though I am an amateur in broadcasting, if I have made an impact and they want me to stop this broadcast, it means I am doing the right things."

"THIS CHILD DOES NOT NEED TO BE DISTRACTED; HE NEEDS TREATMENT"

Yaşar Taşkent, the President of the Çayırbaşı Roman Culture Preservation and Solidarity Association, stated: "This brother of ours is like my child; as a president of an association, I will take care of him. Leaving that aside, we need to support him as Istanbul. The treatment of this brother is nothing for municipalities. The important thing is to act. We could not make our voices heard in the municipal buildings; they did not take us seriously. This child has come to this state due to procrastination tactics. This child does not need to be distracted; he needs treatment. Barkın was a very lively, very polite, and affectionate child. I want Barkın to recover from this condition."Sure, here is the translated text while preserving the original HTML structure and translating the `title` and `alt` attributes within the `img` tags as well:



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I started doing amateur broadcasts for Barkın since last week. I will also do this week's broadcast from their side. We will admit Barkın to that hospital and he will receive treatment. I am addressing Oktay Aksu: I don't think you are acting humanely, and I say shame on you.

"THEY ABANDONED HIM TO HIS FATE AT HOME"

"They abandoned him to his fate at home. Barkın's father has to sell watches and jackets in front of the mosque to cover this child's treatment. What is half of a salary of 25 thousand lira? Çam and Sakura Hospital is a long way. The municipality has its own resources, there are ambulances and health services. They can send an ambulance, take him to the hospital, and provide treatment. Such items are already in the municipality's regulations. Why are they not implementing it? Is it because this child is a Roma citizen? The provincial heads of the CHP are calling and saying they will come. Your coming does not change anything. I will not close that broadcast until this child is admitted to that hospital and receives treatment. There is progress in Barkın due to physical therapy.

"THIS IS NOT HOW MUNICIPALITY MAYORSHIP WORKS"

"Undergoing brain surgery even once is quite risky. Barkın has undergone surgery 3 times. His skull was removed and he could not see. I am addressing Oktay Aksu, this is not how municipality mayorship works. You cannot be a mayor just by wearing a tie and sitting in the right seat of an official car. You need to be sensitive. They are spending a fortune on private ATV channels, giving 2 million TL to an artist. We do not want money; please cover the hospital expenses of this brother of ours.

"ŞÜKRÜ GENÇ LEFT, THEY THREW MY SON OUT OF THE HOSPITAL"

Barkın's grandmother said: Until Şükrü Genç left, he was a decent man. He visited our home and helped in every way. I came 2-3 days a week. Acıbadem Hospital threw my child out 3 times, thanks to Şükrü Genç my child was readmitted to that hospital 3 times. Şükrü Genç left, they threw my child out of the hospital. They said the case is closed. We did not ask them for anything, we only asked them to admit him to a hospital. This patient is also your patient.