Kartalkaya indictment accepted! Request for imprisonment up to 1998 years for 13 people

The 98-page indictment prepared by the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the fire in the Grand Kartal Hotel on January 21, in which 78 people lost their lives and 133 people were injured, was sent to the Bolu 1st High Criminal Court.

The court completed its investigation and accepted the indictment.

The trial of the 32 defendants against whom a case has been filed will begin in the coming days.

FROM THE INDICTMENT

The indictment states that hotel owners, company board members and managers Halit Ergül, Emine Mürtezaoğlu Ergül, Ceyda Hacıbekiroğlu, Elif Aras, Emir Aras, Zeki Yılmaz, Ahmet Demir, Kadir Özdemir, Cemal Özer, Mehmet Salun, Bolu Municipality Deputy Mayor Sedat Gülener, Fire Department Deputy Director Kenan Coşkun and firefighter İrfan Acar are "responsible for the incident with possible intent."

The indictment demands that these 13 people be sentenced to a total of up to 1,998 years in prison each for 78 counts of "killing with possible intent" and "intentionally wounding with possible intent."

The indictment also demands that the hotel’s technical staff Tahsin Pekcan, Hüseyin Özer and Bayram Ütkü, the kitchen staff Reşat Bölük, Enver Öztürk and Faysal Yaver, occupational safety experts Kübra Demir and Ece Kayacan, the receptionist Yiğithan Burak Çetin, Mudurnu Energy Industry and Trade Inc. officials İbrahim Polat and İsmail Karagöz, FQC Global Certification Inc. official Ali Ağaoğlu and his employee Aleyna Beşinci, LPG installation maintenance workers Doğan Aydın and Muharrem Şen, Bolu Provincial Special Administration Secretary General Sırrı Köstereli, Provincial Special Administration Deputy Secretary General Bünyamin Bal, Provincial Special Administration Licensing and Inspection Manager Yeliz Erdoğan and former Provincial Special Administration Licensing and Inspection Manager Mehmet Özel be sentenced to up to 22 years and 6 months in prison for “causing the death and injury of more than one person through conscious negligence.”

Source: AA