Residents of a luxury housing complex in southern Turkey thought their apartments were 'earthquake-proof' until it toppled like a domino in last week's devastating earthquake, leaving hundreds feared dead.
Turkey's Urbanisation Ministry estimates 84,700 buildings have collapsed or are severely damaged.
Missing Ghanaian international footballer Christian Atsu who played for local team Hatayspor is also believed to have lived in the complex. The developer of the complex, Mehmet Yasar Coskun, was arrested at Istanbul Airport as he prepared to board a plane for Montenegro last Friday evening, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu.
President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party has put great emphasis on construction, which has helped drive growth during its two decades in years in power, although the sector suffered in the last five years as the economy struggled. Omer Mese, a lawyer from Istanbul, said he had been keeping watch over the rubble and is trying to save what could be vital evidence although some documents had been destroyed as people left homeless looked for anything they could burn for warmth.
The Urbanisation Ministry said documents would be moved to the ministry archive in the city and were stored digitally.Sector officials have said some 50% of the total 20 million buildings in Turkey contravene building codes.
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