For the Guclu family, several of whom lived in the building, the collapse created a fatal rift.
Who can be held accountable in a system in which blueprints cannot be trusted and nobody agrees on whether the building passed inspection?
As the building shook in February, Mr. Yayla called out to his mother to stay in her room and get on the floor next to her bed.
‘Money From Our Friends’Family members say the land, covered in fig trees, had been theirs for three generations.
By 2015, buildings were popping up all around, a testament to a Turkish economy that had been growing about 7 percent a year.