The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on sent a cable of condolences to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the deaths of several people in a building collapse in Istanbul, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul rose to 18 as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that authorities have "lessons to learn" from the incident.
The eight-storey block in the Kartal district on the Asian side of the city collapsed on Wednesday but the cause is not yet clear.
Erdogan yesterday (Saturday) visited the site and said the death toll had risen to 18 with 14 injured. The toll is up from a figure of 15 on Friday with 13 injured.
"We have a great number of lessons to learn from this," the president told reporters. "We will take the necessary measures".
Dozens of rescuers worked at the site, as a crane lifted huge blocks of concrete to clear the rubble to search for the remaining victims.
The president also went to the hospital to talk to the survivors, and then attended the funeral of the nine members of one family who lost their lives in the disaster.
Turkish authorities said 43 people were registered as living in the building.
Turkish media said three of the eight floors had been illegally built—a common practice in the metropolis of some 15 million people.
(Source)
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