Roundup: Turkish residents call for extensive probe into collapsed buildings in quakes


ANKARA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Amid growing public anger, the Turkish government extends the judicial investigations over contractors of the buildings destroyed in the major earthquakes on Feb. 6.

At least 120 people suspected of being responsible for collapsed buildings were arrested, and the prosecutors are continuing to gather evidence from the samples of the construction materials in the wreckage.

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