Landslide in Güngören! Harsh reaction from building residents

The incident occurred around 05:30 in the morning on Şinasi Street in the Mareşal Çakmak neighborhood of Istanbul's Güngören district. According to allegations, a landslide occurred during work at a construction site located next to a 6-story building on the street. The backyard area of the ground floor, which belongs to a private preschool, collapsed due to the landslide. The collapse caused cracks to form in the 6-story building. Police and municipal police teams were dispatched to the street upon notification. Following the teams' assessments, no evacuation procedures were carried out for the 6-story building. The teams' work on the matter is ongoing.

"IS HUMAN LIFE THIS CHEAP?"

Speaking about the incident, building resident Fatih Gencal said, "The incident happened after the morning call to prayer. In the morning, municipal teams and police arrived. It felt like an earthquake. My father went downstairs. They explained what they would do. The building opened up from the back. This building has 10 apartments. Most people are tenants; I am the only homeowner. Do they even care if citizens die? They don't even come to check. They said what they would do and then they all left. It is going to rain. Who will take responsibility for this after it rains? How many people live here? Is human life this cheap? Who will answer when something happens to me? I have my mother, father, and siblings. There are children here. This is a preschool."

"MY HUSBAND WOKE ME UP SAYING 'THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE'"

Speaking about the incident, building resident Müjde Çiçek said, "We woke up in the morning hours. My husband woke me up saying, 'There is an earthquake.' I ran to the children. When we looked, we saw that the wall had collapsed. We couldn't go down. The municipal police came in the morning. We were told that a wall would be built here. They just poured some cement and left. When I asked when this would be done, they said, 'We will do it. We have 2 hours of work.' We are scared right now. I have children. We want to go to my mother-in-law's house. We cannot sleep here. My window frames have come loose. The underside of my balcony has cracked. It was the time for suhoor. We had gotten up for suhoor. There is a daycare downstairs. What would happen if it were daytime and those children were in the daycare? They are disregarding so many lives. I don't know what they will do. They came for an inspection. They didn't even enter the building. They didn't issue an evacuation order. The contractor came and looked. He said, 'There is nothing here. We will build a wall here. Nothing will happen. Your building is solid.' It is really not solid."