A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel which collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail. The owner of the Isias Grand, Ahmet Bozkurt, and architect ...

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after it collapsed following an earthquake last ...

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The quake killed over 60,000 people in south-eastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The court in Adiyaman sentenced hotel owner Ahmet Bozkurt and architect Erdem Yilmaz to 18 years and five months in ...

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and the architect of a hotel which collapsed in a devastating earthquake in 2023, to jail.