Turkey has spent the last week having rescue teams work to bring out persons buried under rubble after an earthquake.
An earthquake hit Turkey on Monday, burying so many people and houses.
Turkey vowed on Sunday to investigate anyone suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in the country.
So far, 131 suspects have been identified as responsible for the collapse of some of the thousands of buildings flattened in the 10 provinces affected, Vice President Fuat Oktay says.
“Detention orders have been issued for 113 of them,” Oktay told reporters in a briefing.
“We will follow this up meticulously until the necessary judicial process is concluded, especially for buildings that suffered heavy damage and buildings that caused deaths and injuries.”
He noted that the Ministry of Justice has established earthquake crimes investigation bureaus in the quake zone provinces to investigate deaths and injuries.
Aftermath Of The Earthquake
At least, 24,921 buildings across the region had collapsed or were heavily damaged in the quake, based on assessments of more than 170,000 buildings, Environment Minister Murat Kurum says.
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Rescuers are still searching for survivors in the earthquake rubble six days after the disaster.
The total death toll from Syria and Turkey has exceeded 28,000 and is expected to rise further.
The detention of 62 people has been ordered by state prosecutors in Adana following an investigation into collapsed buildings.
Similarly, prosecutors are seeking the arrest of 33 people in Diyarbakir for the same reason.
