Chief Public Prosecutor's Office

‘Claims over columns cut in building where 36 died true’

The allegations that columns were cut on the ground floor of an apartment building where 36 people lost their lives as it collapsed in Kahramanmaraş-centered quakes in Türkiye's south has been confirmed, a report by experts reveals.

The eight-story Ezgi Apartment in Mimar Sinan Neighborhood collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6.

Boğaziçi rector says he will not resign

Melih Bulu, the newly appointed rector at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, said he will not step down following protests by the university students and academics.

Speaking to reporters, Bulu said he has no intentions to resign from his post and that he assumes that the crisis that started with his appointment will end in six months and that it will be so.

Nationalist party leader calls on high court to file closure case against HDP

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli has asked the Supreme Court of Appeals' Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to file a closure case against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), based on the indictment of the Oct. 6-8 Kobane protests accepted by the Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court.

Pages