TEKIRDAĞ — 2018 · Major Tragedy

Çorlu Train Derailment

SolvedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

On 8 July 2018, a train carrying 362 passengers from Kapıkule to Istanbul derailed at Sarılar near Çorlu, Tekirdağ, as it crossed tracks over a culvert washed out by heavy rain. Twenty-five people, seven of them children, were killed and more than 300 injured. Families campaigned for years for public officials to be tried as well. The case in Çorlu concluded on 25 April 2024, with nine defendants sentenced to a combined 108 years for negligently causing multiple deaths. The regional appeals court unanimously upheld the verdict.

Date: 2018
Place: Çorlu (Sarılar), Tekirdağ
Category: Major Tragedy
Case Status: Solved
Coordinates: 41.1400, 27.7300 ↗

Timeline of Events

8 July 2018The train derailed at Sarılar; 25 died.
2019The trial opened in Çorlu.

25 April 2024Nine defendants received a combined 108 years.
AfterwardsThe appeals court upheld the verdict.

Sources

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