In Turkey, orders were written out for the detention of 131 employees of construction companies who erected ranks of houses that collapsed during powerful earthquakes, reports Associated Press (AR).
“The Ministry of Justice of Turkey also stated that justice would overtake everyone, on whom there was responsibility (for the collapse of buildings – ed.), while the prosecutors have already begun the collection of materials from which some collapsed buildings were built,” notes, – notes Ar.
The agency recalls that on the eve of the Ministry of Justice of Turkey announced plans to create a special group that will collect evidence and identify unscrupulous contractors, as well as architects, geologists and engineers whose faults could collapse of some buildings.
The victims of the earthquake in the southeast of Turkey, which occurred on Monday, became more than 24.6 thousand people.