Published on November 17, 2024 at 5:46 p.m. / Modified on November 17, 2024 at 6:04 p.m.
4.5 years ago, Ferhat Binkanat, 38, purchased an apartment in Bahçelievler, a dense neighborhood on the outskirts of Istanbul. This manager of a medical tourism company has been working there ever since with his wife and their 6-year-old son. But after the earthquake which devastated the south of the country on February 6, 2023, the family was concerned about the resistance of their building in the event of a cataclysm, this time… in Istanbul.
In the process, the father then submitted a request for an inspection of the building to the municipality, which has provided this service free of charge to residents of the metropolis since 2019. Some twenty months later, a municipal team, vests of construction site and protective helmets, proceeds to examine the building in question by inspecting its columns. “If it turns out that he presents risks, I will leave him immediately and settle with my family in a safer place,” assures Ferhat Binkanat, with a worried expression.
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