The death toll from the rubble of the AKP businessman’s hotel exceeded 60

The loss of life is increasing in the two earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş on February 6 and were effective in 10 provinces.

As of February 11 at 5:00 p.m., according to official statements, the loss of life exceeded 21,000 and the loss of life exceeded 80,000, while 11,302 buildings were reported as “destroyed.”

One of the thousands of buildings destroyed was the Grand Isias Hotel building on Atatürk Boulevard in the Hacıömer neighborhood of central Adıyaman.

THE CYPRIOT COMBAT OF 35 PERSONS HAS NOT SURVIVED

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) convoy of 35 people trapped in the building in question did not survive the earthquake.

24 students and 5 teachers from Famagusta Turkish Maarif College star in the men’s and women’s volleyball teams, which were caught in an earthquake while in town for inter-high school competitions.
and 6 parents died.

In the statement made today by the TRNC Prime Minister, a total of 48 TRNC citizens, 35 of whom were in Adiyaman, were killed in the earthquake in Turkey on February 11.
supposedly lost.

28 LEAD BOAT LOSS OF LIFE

The group trapped in the earthquake in the hotel became the group of tour guides.

It has been announced that 28 people from the 43-person team who went to Adıyaman under the Tourist Guides Association (TUREB) application training have lost their lives so far. It was reported that four of the deceased were aspiring guides, 23 were guides and one was a captain driver. Although it was known that 12 people were taken alive from the caravan, the status of 3 people has not yet been clarified.

CHP Vice President Onursal Adıgüzel, who went to Adıyaman after the earthquake, stated that they had heard that there were more than 100 people in the hotel during the earthquake, but did not have a clear number.

It is claimed that it is not known how many people were present at the hotel during the earthquake, as the hotel did not notify the Police prior to the earthquake.

THE OWNERS OF THE HOTEL ARE FROM AKP

The Bozkurt family, which owns the 10-story hotel, is known for its closeness to the AKP in Adiyaman.

According to the Commercial Registry Gazette, Mehmet Fatih Bozkurt is the senior partner of the company Isias Otelcilik Turizm ve Taşımacılık İnşaat Ticaret Sanayi Anonim, to which the hotel is affiliated.

Mehmet Fatih Bozkurt served as a member of the AKP’s Adıyaman City Council from 2014 to 2019.

Ahmet Bozkurt, who is a member of the company’s board of directors and is known as the “hotel owner” in the city, is also an open supporter of the AKP. Ahmet Bozkur hit the media agenda by hanging President Tayyip Erdoğan’s banner on the Isias Hotel building after his older brother Mahmut Bozkurt became deputy candidate of the IYI Party in the 2018 elections.

Ahmet Bozkurt, during the visit of AKP MP İbrahim Halil Fırat and AKP Adıyaman Provincial Chairman Mehmet Dağtekin before the 2018 presidential election, “The case of the AK Party is a case of the country, we support this case. We stand with the AK Party as a family,” he said.

Regarding the visit in question, Fırat, an AKP MP, said: “Ahmet is one of our valued businessmen in our city. He is a person who has won the love of the people of Adiyaman with his political experience and the investments he has made in our city. Before the elections to be held on June 24, he supported the ISIAS Hotel building by hanging the banner of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. We are very pleased with the statements that he made about the AK Party during our visit.

It turned out that Ahmet Bozkurt is also a member of the Adıyaman TÜGVA High Advisory Council. TÜGVA is also known as one of the associations close to the Erdoğan family and the government.

Efe Bozkurt, another member of the family of the hotel partners, also served in the party as a member of the Commission for Economic and Financial Affairs of the AKP Youth Branch.