The first trial of the fire Kartalkaya,Bolu where 78 peopledied on Janury 21 has started.
Families and suspects met fort he first time at Bolu 1st High Criminal Courth.
There are 32 suspects in the case – 19 are in prison and 13 are not.
The prosecutor wants 13 of the prisoners to get punishment for possible intent.
The owners of the burning hotel, members of the company board of directors, technical and administrative personnel, occupational safety experts and Bolu Provincial Special Administration officials will be tried. Since investigation permits have not been issued for the officials from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, who were stated in the expert report to be “most effective”, a separate investigation process will be conducted for them. 36 of those who died in the fire at Grand Kartal Hotel were children. Speaking in the early moments of the hearing, former AKP Bolu MP Mehmet Güner addressed the hotel owners on trial, saying, “You cannot escape these punishments. You have only escaped the fire.” “How could you not open these doors while protecting your own child on the 7th floor and let them burn to death?” he asked. Hotel owners and their relatives were also staying on the upper floors of the hotel during the fire. Güner, who said that he lost eight relatives in the fire, also said that the “prosecutor’s power is limited to here” in order not to grant an investigation permit to “ministry officials”.