Parents of children crushed in hotel that collapsed during Turkish earthquakes are filing suit

Last year, 24 young volleyball players from the town of Famagusta traveled to the Turkish city of Adiyaman for a tournament, and never came back. The owner of the Isias Hotel, which collapsed in the earthquakes on Feb. 6, 2023, is facing criminal charges in a landmark case. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul.

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