Çorlu Train Crash was commemorated

On the first anniversary of the Çorlu Train accident in Çorlu district of Tekirdağ on July 8, 2018, where 25 citizens died and 317 citizens were injured, the relatives of those who died and the injured held a memorial at the scene. At the commemoration ceremony, where emotional moments were experienced, carnations were left on the rails, and tears were spilled for those who died.

Istanbul from Uzunköprü district of Edirne HalkalıThe passenger train, which has 362 passengers and 6 personnel moving to go to Istanbul, was derailed on July 8, 2018, near Sarılar Mahallesi in Çorlu district of Tekirdağ. 7 people died, 25 of them were children, and 328 were injured in the accident. The first hearing held on July 3 after the accident was an eventful event. TCDD personnel Turgut Kurt, Özkan Polat, Celaleddin Çabuk and Çetin Yıldırım were found to be in prison at the Çorlu 2st High Criminal Court, demanding prison terms from 15 to 1 years for 'negligent death and injury'. When he could not enter the hall on the grounds that he was not there, the events broke out and the court board was withdrawn from the case. Çorlu 2nd High Criminal Court started to wait for the new hearing after the delegation's decision to withdraw.

5 days after the hearing, the relatives of the dead, injured, lawyers and non-governmental organizations gathered in the village of Sarılar in Çorlu, where the accident occurred. From here, they walked to the place where the accident occurred, with a wreath with the text "We love you". The names of those who died during the march were read one by one. About 250 people gathered at the scene and left the wreath saying 'We love you' with carnations on the rails. Meanwhile, while the relatives of the deceased shed tears, emotional moments were experienced.

Families, while waiting in the region while Uzunköprü-Halkalı The passenger train, who made the trip, made the transition. During the transition, the train reacted to the slow passing of the region and said, "It was going faster on the day of the accident, now it is going slow."

Mısra Öz, who lost his son Oğuz Arda Sel and his wife Hakan Sel in the accident on behalf of Ali, talked and said that they wanted justice. Öz said, “While there is a lot to be said about the present we have lost on these tracks, we cannot talk about anything other than pain. We remember them all with longing, love, longing and respect. Thank you so much for being with us today. We don't have much to say today. We made a promise to them, we will fulfill my promise. It's really hard to talk. Each one is here with us. But when we thought about these hours last year, they were breathing now, they were thinking about getting off. They were thinking about their dreams. They were thinking about the stops where they would land a little later. Unfortunately, we buried them under the stones. ”

Families left the scene after the statement. Gendarmerie teams also took security measures during the commemoration activities of families.