Mehmet Fatih Altan
'Istanbul's 3,000 buildings teeter on edge of collapse'
An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 buildings in Istanbul are on the brink of collapse, experts have cautioned.
The warning comes after a three-story building in Küçükçekmece collapsed suddenly, resulting in one death and eight injuries. The building collapsed around 8:40 a.m., prompting a large-scale emergency response involving health, fire, police and search and rescue teams.
University building collapses due to nearby construction
The building of a university in Istanbul has collapsed due to a deep foundation pit opened at a construction site nearby, Demirören News Agency has reported.
"The sustaining wall of the construction site fell late on Oct. 23, causing the building of Arel University to collapse in the metropolis' Sefaköy neighborhood," the agency wrote on Oct. 24.