Cumali Genç

An Adana court has postponed the case into the deadly Aladağ dormitory fire that killed 11 children and one adult on Nov. 29, 2016 in the southern province of Adana to July 17, Doğan News Agency reported on May 30.

One of the students injured in the fire, 13-year-old Seda Topbaş, gave testimony to court in the trial, saying the fire exit was locked when the fire erupted.

An indictment prepared by the Aladağ Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has pressed involuntary manslaughter charges against seven suspects over the deadly dormitory fire in the southern Turkish province of Adana, seeking prison terms between two and 15 years, media outlets reported on May 4. 

A court in the southern province of Adana on Feb. 6 ordered the arrest of four suspects who were previously released in the case of a deadly fire at a private girl's dormitory in the Aladağ district that claimed 12 lives, Doğan News Agency Agency has reported.

The Turkeys Forensics Institution has released its complete expert report on the girl's dormitory fire in the Aladağ district of the southern province of Adana, finding three people directly at fault and four indirectly at fault in the fire, which killed 12 people and injured 24.

A local court in the southern province of Adana on Jan. 23 ordered the release of four of seven arrested suspects over a deadly fire at a private girls' dormitory in the Aladağ district that claimed 12 lives, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Inspections and fire drills were not carried out before a deadly fire at a girls' dormitory on Nov. 29 in the southern province of Adana's Aladağ district, according to wounded students who survived the fire disaster.  

A local court in the southern province of Adana on Dec. 4 ordered the arrest of six suspects over a deadly fire at a private girls' dormitory in Adana's Aladağ district, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Among the arrested suspects were dormitory manager Cumali Genç and the head of the Aladağ Aid Association to Course and School Students, identified only as İsmail U.

A local court in the southern province of Adana on Dec. 4 ordered the arrest of four suspects over a deadly fire at a private girls' dormitory in Adana's Aladağ district, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Among the arrested suspects were dormitory manager Cumali Genç and the head of the Aladağ Aid Association to Course and School Students, identified only as İsmail U.

The funerals of 12 victims who lost their lives in a fire at a girls' dormitory in the Aladağ district of the southern province of Adana were held on Dec. 1 amid initial signals from the investigation that the deadly incident occurred due to negligence. 
The bodies of the victims, taken from Adana Graveyard's morgue, headed to their final destinations early on Dec. 1 with a convoy.