13.05.2025 00:01
In Osmaniye, following the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake, the Özbebek family, who were trapped under the rubble for 8 and a half hours, experienced a second shock when the 3 million TL they had saved to buy a house disappeared through fraud. The family claimed that they were defrauded by their closest friends.
The Özbebek family, who clung to life after being rescued from the rubble 8 and a half hours later in Osmaniye, experienced a second shock when their savings of 3 million TL, which they had accumulated with the dream of buying a house, vanished due to a partnership promise in a business.
STUCK UNDER THE RUBBLE FOR HOURS
Zahide Özbebek, who was caught in the 6 February earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş while living in a rented house in the Yunus Emre neighborhood of Osmaniye with her husband and 4 children, was rescued from the rubble 8 and a half hours later with the help of her relatives after her house was destroyed and she was trapped under the rubble with her youngest son.
THEY LOST THE MONEY THEY WERE GOING TO USE TO BUY A HOUSE TO A FRAUDSTER
The Özbebek family, whose child suffered from epilepsy due to a cracked skull while trapped under the rubble and is continuing treatment outside the city, experienced a shock of fraud after the earthquake disaster. Zahide Özbebek, whose rented house was destroyed in the disaster of the century, claims that the savings they had accumulated for years to buy a house were defrauded by her husband's closest friend.
"WE LOST ALL OUR MONEY TO MY HUSBAND'S CLOSE FRIEND"
Zahide Özbebek, who stated that she was rescued from the rubble by her relatives after the earthquake, said: "I am a mother of 4 children, we experienced the 6 February earthquake severely in the house we were renting. We came out 8 and a half hours later from the rubble. We lost a vehicle under the earthquake. My husband was defrauded by his closest friend after the earthquake. We lost all our assets, the 3 million we saved by tightening our belts after the wedding, to him.
"MY HUSBAND CANNOT WORK DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES"
They were doing business together, and in that way, my husband's closest friend deceived him. My child is having epileptic seizures because of a cracked skull from the rubble. He is receiving treatment in Adana. My husband has psychological issues due to the fraud incident he experienced. His blood pressure is very high, which has put a strain on his kidneys and heart. He is currently undergoing kidney treatment. Our doctor said, 'He may need dialysis in the future.' He cannot work at all due to health issues. This health problem arose after the fraud incident. My husband cannot work now, and the doctors do not give him a health report to be able to get any job.
Due to health issues, he cannot obtain a health report. We have already been taken to court by all banks due to our debts. Lawyers are constantly warning us, saying, 'We will come to where you are,' and 'We will send an enforcement officer.' But we have no assets they can enforce. We did not have the financial means to hire a lawyer, so we could not hire one."