Sixth day in the Kartalkaya disaster case!

The trial for the fire disaster in Bolu, which occurred on January 21st at the Grand Kartal Hotel, in which 78 people, 36 of whom were children, lost their lives and 133 people were injured, began on July 7th at the Bolu 1st High Criminal Court.

In the first five days of the hearing, all 32 defendants, 19 of whom were in custody, made their defense statements.

The hearing, which was recorded with the Audio and Visual Information System (SEGBİS), began today with the complainants' statements being heard after the defendants completed their defenses yesterday.

KARTALKAYA DISASTER

In the fire that broke out at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya Ski Resort on January 21, 78 people lost their lives and 133 were injured.

The 98-page indictment prepared by the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and accepted by the 1st High Criminal Court seeks a prison sentence of up to 1,998 years each for hotel owners, company board members and managers Halit Ergül, Emine Mürtezaoğlu Ergül, Ceyda Hacıbekiroğlu, Elif Aras, Emir Aras, Zeki Yılmaz, Ahmet Demir, Kadir Özdemir, Cemal Özer, Mehmet Salun, Bolu Deputy Mayor Sedat Gülener, Acting Fire Chief Kenan Coşkun, and firefighter İrfan Acar on 78 counts of "probable murder" and "probable intentional wounding."

The hotel's technical staff Tahsin Pekcan, Hüseyin Özer and Bayram Ütkü, kitchen staff Reşat Bölük, Enver Öztürk and Faysal Yaver, occupational safety experts Kübra Demir and Ece Kayacan, receptionist Yiğithan Burak Çetin, Mudurnu Energy Industry and Trade Inc. Company officials İbrahim Polat and İsmail Karagöz, FQC Global Certification Inc. Company official Ali Ağaoğlu and his employee Aleyna Beşinci, LPG installation maintenance workers Doğan Aydın and Muharrem Şen, Provincial Special Administration Secretary General Sırrı Köstereli, Provincial Special Administration Deputy Secretary General Bünyamin Bal, Provincial Special Administration Licensing and Inspection Manager Yeliz Erdoğan and former Provincial Special Administration Licensing and Inspection Manager Mehmet Özel are also facing prison sentences of up to 22 years and 6 months each for "causing the death and injury of more than one person through conscious negligence."

Source: Agencies-DHA-ANKA-AA