Fatih Altaylı explained with documents: "The hotel couldn't obtain a qualification certificate from the municipality, so it got one from a private company"
Journalist Fatih Altaylı revealed an incredible truth in today’s program. According to the documents he obtained, the hotel in Bolu, where the fire occurred, requested a qualification certificate from Bolu Municipality. However, the municipality found the hotel insufficient and rejected the request. Subsequently, the hotel made an agreement with a private company and obtained the qualification certificate.
The fire at the hotel in Bolu, which claimed the lives of 79 people and led to a day of mourning in Turkey, is beginning to unveil its mysteries. After the incident, when authorities started blaming each other, Fatih Altaylı disclosed the documents he had acquired to the public.
In today’s program, Fatih Altaylı detailed the deficiencies listed in the documents provided to the hotel by Bolu Municipality:
Evacuation exits – Insufficient
Illuminated direction signs – Insufficient
Emergency lighting in the building – Insufficient
Are evacuation plans and fire brigades organized? – Sufficient
Compliance of electrical wiring – Insufficient
Instructions for firefighting equipment – Insufficient
Detection systems and fire alarms – Insufficient
Lightning rod – Insufficient
Smoke control – Insufficient
AGREEMENT WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE
After receiving a negative report from the municipality, the hotel made an agreement with a private company and obtained a qualification certificate. Showing the certificate issued by the private company with the note "1st Stage Certificate Issued," Altaylı said: “You detained the Deputy Mayor? You detained the wrong person. The person you should have detained is the official from this company. This company is responsible for all the deaths.”