The building in the photo is making rounds on social media. It belongs to the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects. The organization has been warning for years the authorities in Turkey about the lack of preparedness for earthquakes.
https://twitter.com/TipEmek/status/1623992816035569666
In 2019, in a statement issued to mark the 20th anniversary of the Izmit earthquake, the Union said the government had abandoned earthquake preparedness in the name of profit. dw.com/en/istanbul-un…
They have also warned that the new airport in Hatay was built on the fault line. The images of split take-off and landing runways have made news rounds since the earthquake. avionews.it/en/item/124941…
In 2021 they said the factory of Turkey's first indigenous car, was being built in an earthquake zone. duvarenglish.com/factory-of-tur…
“This extraordinary devastation is perpetuated by the persistence in repeating faulty urban policies and politically charged decisions like the 2018 zoning amnesty law,” said Prof Pelin Pinar Giritlioğlu, president of the Istanbul branch of the Union in an interview w/ @guardian
theguardian.com/global-develop…;
another draft law was awaiting parliamentary approval which if approved would grant a further amnesty for recent construction work. bbc.com/news/64568826
another draft law was awaiting parliamentary approval which if approved would grant a further amnesty for recent construction work. bbc.com/news/64568826
meanwhile, 3 of its members Tayfun Kahraman (also chair of the board); Can Atalay, lawyer of TMMOB, and Ayşe Mücella Yapıcı, the secretary general of the Environmental Impact Assessment Department of the Union are behind bars for allegedly organizing the #GeziPark protest
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