The trial of the Besiktas nightclub fire that killed 29 people was postponed until October
The Istanbul Court postponed the 15th hearing in the case of the nightclub fire in the Gairtabe district of Besiktas, which claimed the lives of 29 people in April 2024, to October 30, 2026 pending the experts’ report, with the continued detention of 4 out of 22 defendants.
The 15th session of the trial of 22 defendants, including 4 detainees, was held in the case of a fire that broke out during renovation works in a nightclub in the Gayrtepe district of Besiktas in Istanbul on April 2, 2024, and claimed the lives of 29 people.
The defendants participated in the court session via the video communication system (Sigbees), while the lawyers and those affected attended in person in the courtroom of the Grand Criminal Court. The 27 in Istanbul.
The court decided to continue the detention of the arrested defendants and to continue the judicial control procedures for the defendants who were not arrested, while awaiting the report of the technical experts, and postponed the session to October 30, 2026.
According to the indictment issued by the Public Prosecution in Istanbul, the case includes 29 dead, 27 injured, and 9 defendants. The fire broke out in the "Masquered" nightclub at exactly 12:35 p.m., where firefighting and ambulance teams intervened and extricated a number of people trapped inside the building before the fire claimed the lives of 29 people.
This story was produced with machine-translation assistance, then went through human editorial review for accuracy and sourcing.
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