23.01.2025 17:31
The bodies of the dentist couple and their two children who lost their lives in a hotel fire in Bolu Kartalkaya were bid farewell to their final journey in Bursa, accompanied by tears. It was learned that the couple, who had a phone call with their family a day before the fire, expressed that they did not like the hotel and said they would check out in the morning.
The fire that broke out at a hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya, resulting in the deaths of 78 people, deeply shocked all of Turkey. With the completion of DNA examinations, the identities of the deceased have been revealed. Many families who chose Kartalkaya for the mid-term holiday lost their lives in the fire. A couple of dentists from Bursa living in Ankara, Yasemen Boncuk Tüzgiray (41), her husband Erhan Tüzgiray (48), and their children Defne Tüzgiray (11) and Demir Tüzgiray (8) also decided to come to the hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya for the mid-term holiday and then to Bursa to be with their family.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK OUT OF THE HOTEL A DAY EARLIER
One day before the fire broke out, the Tüzgiray couple called their family and said over the phone that they did not like the hotel and would check out the next day. However, the Tüzgiray family, who were caught in the fire that broke out around 03:30 at night on the 7th floor of the hotel, lost their lives.
THE 4-PERSON FAMILY HAS BEEN BURIED
The funerals of the 4-person family who lost their lives in the fire tragedy were brought to their family in Bursa after the procedures at the Forensic Medicine Morgue. The deceased Tüzgiray couple were buried in Bademli Cemetery after the funeral prayer held following the afternoon prayer at the Bademli Neighborhood Mosque, amid the tears of their loved ones.