Verdict announced in the Isias Hotel case

The Adıyaman 1st High Criminal Court has sentenced the former Zoning Director Mehmet Salih Alkayış, Office Chief Bilal Balcı, and former Deputy Mayor Osman Bulut to 10 years in prison for "causing the death and injury of more than one person through conscious negligence" in the case concerning the Isias Hotel, where 72 people lost their lives in the February 6 earthquakes. The court ruled that a judicial control measure prohibiting these defendants from traveling abroad shall be applied. The other defendant, Adıyaman Municipality Zoning Director Yusuf Gül, and two other defendants who were licensing unit officials were acquitted.

A verdict has been reached in the trial regarding the collapse of the Grand Isias Hotel in Adıyaman during the February 6 earthquakes, which resulted in the deaths of 72 people, including athletes from the TRNC, and left 10 others injured. 

The Adıyaman 1st High Criminal Court sentenced the former Zoning Director Mehmet Salih Alkayış, Office Chief Bilal Balcı, and former Deputy Mayor Osman Bulut to 10 years in prison for "causing the death and injury of more than one person through conscious negligence." The court ruled that a judicial control measure prohibiting these defendants from traveling abroad shall be applied.

The court acquitted the other defendant, Adıyaman Municipality Zoning Director Yusuf Gül, as well as licensing unit officials Abdurrahman Karaaslan and Fazlı Karakuş.

News Source: 12punto