Aydın Tiryaki (2026)

In a country like Turkey, living hand-in-hand with the reality of earthquakes, interventions in the load-bearing systems of buildings cannot be dismissed as mere “zoning errors” or “unauthorized renovations.” This act is a preparation for collective murder, carried out with the silent approval of society and involving multiple stakeholders. Cutting a column in a building is equivalent to placing a time bomb under that structure.

1. The System of Hired Assassins and Instigators

From a legal and moral perspective, a property owner who orders a column to be cut is an instigator of murder, and the technical team that carries out this act are hired assassins.

• The Instigator: For the sake of a few more square meters of commercial space or a “spacious” living room, they bargain away the right to life of dozens of people living on the upper floors.
• The Hired Assassin: They use their jackhammer or concrete cutter as a weapon. These individuals cannot absolve themselves by saying, “I’m just doing my job.” Just as a hired assassin knows exactly where a bullet will strike, these so-called craftsmen have the technical experience to know how cutting that concrete will turn a building into a coffin.

2. The Collective Ruthlessness Agreement

There is a “Collective Ruthlessness Agreement” at play in this process. Cutting a column in a building is not a job that can be done in secret; it requires organization. The craftsman holding the jackhammer, the worker carrying the debris, and the decorator covering the traces of the cut column with marble or plaster to clean the crime scene—they are all accomplices in this betrayal. The fact that not one of them speaks out against this preparation for a massacre demonstrates the extent to which the social conscience has been blunted.

3. “Human Scraps” and Cognitive Dissonance

The most shocking characteristic of those who commit this crime is that they appear “normal” from the outside. These individuals, who are extremely affectionate toward their own children and grandchildren, are completely indifferent to the reality that someone else’s children could be left under that rubble. This is a profound spiritual collapse that cannot be explained by selfishness alone. Their recklessness regarding other lives makes them, quite literally, human scraps (human misfits). For them, the life of another is less valuable than their own comfort.

4. Aesthetic Suicide: The Catastrophe Entering Through the Living Room Door

The danger is not only in shops but inside homes as well. Cutting a column to widen a living room door or to install double doors—simply to emulate “modern” home trends—is an act of “aesthetic suicide.” Neighbors may assume a simple renovation is underway, while the building’s earthquake resistance is being systematically destroyed. The collective pressure and hostility directed toward responsible managers or neighbors who notice and try to intervene is proof of how this crime has spread and become normalized.

5. A Call to Municipalities: The “Structural Safety Plaque”

Political concerns and the public’s fear of having their “occupancy permits revoked” are the biggest obstacles to these vital inspections. People often view these inspections not as a move to save their lives, but as a threat to their property value. To overcome this wall of fear, municipalities must take the following concrete steps:

• Archive-Site Reconciliation: Municipalities must take the static projects from their archives and inspect every building one by one.
• Official Security Plaque: An official “Structural Safety Plaque”—similar to a building number—should be attached to the entrance of buildings that have been inspected and verified as compliant with their projects. This plaque should include the inspection date and the statement: “It has been certified that no damage has been caused to the load-bearing columns.”
• Value and Assurance: This plaque will be both a life guarantee for those living there and a certification that increases the property’s value in the real estate market. Thus, instead of avoiding inspections, citizens will begin to demand them to increase the value of their own buildings.

6. Isolation and Life Imprisonment Without Parole

The way to break this collective chain of murder is not by appealing to consciences—because the conscience of these individuals only extends to themselves and their families. The solution is the sharp and uncompromising sword of justice:

• Direct Intent: Those who cut or order the cutting of columns should be tried not for a “zoning violation,” but for “deliberate attempt at mass murder.”
• Life Imprisonment: The punishment for this crime must be life imprisonment without any possibility of reduction for “good behavior.”
• Social Isolation: Since these individuals threaten the life safety of others, they must be completely isolated from society—either in prison or a psychiatric facility—but they must be kept away from the public.

In conclusion, the laws of physics do not take bribes, do not care about political votes, and do not negotiate. Gravity will one day surely demand an account for every cut column. Our duty is to stop these “human scraps” before that day comes and to prevent our buildings from becoming mass graves.

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