{"id":54887,"date":"2026-04-03T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/54887\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:20:08","slug":"6-year-old-syrian-girl-killed-by-falling-debris-at-demolition-site-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/54887\/","title":{"rendered":"6-year-old Syrian girl killed by falling debris at demolition site in \u0130stanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tesnim-Urfali.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"696\" height=\"402\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tesnim-Urfali-696x402.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Tesnim Urfal\u0131\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A six-year-old Syrian girl was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/kafasina-beton-parcasi-dusen-6-yasindaki-tesnim-hayatini-kaybetmisti-aci-veda-kizinin-tabuta-sarilarak-gozyaslarina-boguldu-43142089\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killed<\/a> in \u0130stanbul on Wednesday after a piece of concrete fell from a building being demolished and struck her as she walked past with her mother, raising fresh concerns over safety measures at construction sites across Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Tesnim Urfal\u0131 was walking with her mother in Zeytinburnu when debris broke off from the structure and struck her in the head. Turkish media said the site lacked adequate barriers or other safety measures to protect pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"tr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0130stanbul Zeytinburnu\u2019nda y\u0131k\u0131m\u0131 yap\u0131lan in\u015faattan d\u00fc\u015fen beton par\u00e7as\u0131, annesiyle y\u00fcr\u00fcyen 6 ya\u015f\u0131ndaki \u00e7ocu\u011fun ba\u015f\u0131na isabet etti.<\/p>\n<p>Hastaneye kald\u0131r\u0131lan \u00e7ocuk hayat\u0131n\u0131 kaybederken, olayla ilgili 3 ki\u015fi g\u00f6zalt\u0131na al\u0131nd\u0131.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BfvOwotp8K\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BfvOwotp8K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ENSONHABER (@ensonhaber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ensonhaber\/status\/2039359059095068995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Urfal\u0131 was taken to a hospital but later succumbed to her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/turkiye\/kaldirimda-yururken-kafasina-beton-parcasi-dusen-cocuk-hayatini-kaybetti-940071.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detained<\/a> three people in connection with the incident. Two were later released, while the excavator operator was referred to court with a request for pretrial arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The girl\u2019s father accused those responsible for the demolition of negligence and demanded justice for his daughter\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The incident renewed attention to safety standards at demolition and constructions sites in Turkey, where poor enforcement of regulations continues to endanger both workers and bystanders.<\/p>\n<p>Workplace accidents remain a chronic problem in Turkey, where lax enforcement of occupational health and safety standards continues to cost lives. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/over-2000-workers-died-in-occupational-accidents-in-turkey-in-2025-isig\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (\u0130S\u0130G) Turkey recorded at least 2,105 deaths in work-related accidents in 2025. The construction sector accounted for 23 percent of the total.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; A six-year-old Syrian girl was killed in \u0130stanbul on Wednesday after a piece of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[30455,30456,5859,7261,131,132,30457,155,30458],"class_list":{"0":"post-54887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-demolition-site","9":"tag-negligence","10":"tag-occupational-health-and-safety","11":"tag-safety-measures","12":"tag-stockholm","13":"tag-sweden","14":"tag-tesnim-urfali","15":"tag-turkey","16":"tag-zeytinburnu"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116341927334552584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}