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While the municipality was waiting for the deficiencies to be corrected, the hotel withdrew the request because they did not want to meet these costs and applied to another company. Authorization was given to a company authorized by the ministry,
the mayor said
Our legislation does not refer to these norms. It is only vaguely stated that 'guest and employee safety must be ensured,'
he said, urging stricter rulesThere is an alarm system but we know it was not working. There should also have been a sprinkler system activated by the alarm to help the fire extinguishing process,
she said
We can't single out just one culprit, unfortunately. Many people weren't doing their jobs properly,
Derya Basyilmaz saidThere should have been at least two escape staircases to evacuate the building safely, with fire-resistant doors to keep out the smoke,
she saidRegulations change over time and a fire compliance report is not valid forever. The main problem here is that the inspection was not carried out regularly,
she saidFire engines must be able to easily reach all four sides of a building,
she saidThere was (no fire alarm). That is the worst thing. If there was a fire alarm and we had been notified in advance, people would have acted more cautiously,
said Karadag, whose room was on the lower section of the hotel and was able to escape out of a window by jumping on the roof of an extension
We couldn’t go two rooms forward, we were out of breath. On top of that, people were bumping into each other. We don’t know who we bumped into. There were children, people were screaming as they collided into each other.”
Describing the chaos in the corridors, Karadag saidOur dear girl. We love you very much. We will never forget you. You will always be sitting in our classroom.”
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The judicial investigation launched by the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the hotel fire in Bolu Kartalkaya is being carried out meticulously and from multiple perspectives.”
Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç, wrote in a statement on Tuesday
My wife smelled the burning. The alarm did not go off,
said Atakan Yelkovan, a guest staying on the third floorThe investigation of the cause of the fire by a panel of 5 experts in the relevant field is ongoing and work is ongoing to determine faults. Every stage of the investigation is carried out with great care and sensitivity.”
He addedThere is no excuse for such a high number of deaths in 2025,
Ozgur Ozel, leader of the main opposition CHP party, said outside the hotel
No fire alarm went off … and there was no fire escape,
Atakan Yelkovan, one of the guests, told the IHA news agency
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We are in deep pain,
Turkey’s interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, told reporters after inspecting the site at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya, about 190 miles (300km) east of IstanbulI was profoundly disturbed. I still cannot forget the image,
he saidI saw one kid hanging from the hotel window calling for help. It was so profoundly disturbing that I didn’t dare look,
he told AFP
I tried to go in but it was hard to breathe,
said Kepcetutan, who knew thatWhen I arrived, there were flames everywhere and we could hear screams,
said Cevdet Can, who runs a nearby ski school