Istanbul Earthquake: Saving the Machines

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 September 2019)


Machines have long memories. When they take over for good
Nurettin bey will be their king.


At the moment of the earthquake in Istanbul today, Nurettin Ünal, a
worker in a textile factory in the Bahçelievler section of the city,
remained inside the factory to prevent a machine from falling over,
while his colleagues all fled the building.

The incident occurred at the factory on Mithatpaşa Avenue in the
Yenibosna-Çobançeşme neighborhood.  As the building shook
violently from the effects of the tremors at about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, and everyone else rushed outside, Ünal gripped the giant
machine tightly in an effort to keep it from falling over.

Afterwards, Ünal's boss Ali Bakay rewarded Ünal with an extra
salary, saying that "he shouldn't have done it and we told him not
to put his own life at risk again for the sake of a machine.
Nevertheless, we had to reward him for his actions."



Bahçelievler is located right around the "İ" in "İstanbul".