When the wall of the adjacent building fell, the earth beneath this edifice in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul, started to decline. It was a matter of time now the building collapse.

The mayor of Beyoglu, Ahmet Misbah Demircan, He told reporters that the building was constructed illegally in 1994 without permission, and had problems with its foundations. It is not clear why the authorities did not take action on the building until today, but such cases are common in Istanbul and other Turkish cities.