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		</div><p>Turkey’s president has visited the scene of an apartment building collapse in Istanbul as the death toll increased to 17.</p>
<p>The cause of Wednesday’s tragedy is still under investigation but officials have said the top three floors of the eight-storey building in the Kartal district were built illegally.</p>
<p>Speaking at the scene, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there are “many lessons to learn”.</p>
<p>He added: “In this area, we have faced a very serious problem with illegal businesses like this done to make more money.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_125648" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125648" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ED651936-76E3-4A12-A5E2-9CEC475790D1.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-125648" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ED651936-76E3-4A12-A5E2-9CEC475790D1.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-125648" class="wp-caption-text">The death toll from the disaster has now increased to 17</figcaption></figure>
<p>He said the government will take “steps in a determined way” after investigators complete their work.</p>
<p>Earlier, health minister Fahrettin Koca increased the death toll to 17.</p>
<p>Mr Erdogan also visited a hospital where more than a dozen people injured in the collapse are being treated. Seven of them are in a serious condition.</p>
<p>Emergency teams, aided by sniffer dogs, are continuing to work around the clock to reach possible survivors.</p>
<p>Officials have not disclosed how many people are still unaccounted for. The building had 14 apartments with 43 registered residents.</p>
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