Turkey earthquake: How a grieving mother uncovered the truth behind her son's death - BBC News

After losing her son, Nurgül Göksu set out to investigate how building alterations left his home vulnerable to earthquakes.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsTurkey earthquakeImage caption, Nurgül Göksu says she used to be a "normal" housewife before the quake struckBy Esra Yalçınalp in Istanbul and Osman Kaytazoglu in LondonBBC TurkishOn 6 February 2023, a huge earthquake hit southern Turkey, killing more than 55,000 people.

It has now become clear that scores of lives could have been saved if building regulations had been observed.

One mother has made it her mission to find out what caused the building where her loved ones lived to collapse.

Before the earthquake struck Nurgül Göksu was, as she says, a normal housewife. She loved cooking, with "içli köfte", a traditional dish of meatballs, one of her favourite recipes.

She lived on the outskirts of Istanbul. Her 31-year-old son, Ahmet Can Zabun, married, with a young baby, lived in the south-eastern city of Kahramanmaras.

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