▁dismiss al ▁of ▁concerns ▁raised ▁by ▁scientific ▁exper ts ▁about ▁the ▁safety ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁trains . ▁It ▁emer ged ▁that ▁the ▁Turkish ▁State ▁Rail ways ▁( T CD D ), ▁which ▁runs ▁Turkey ' s ▁train ▁network , ▁dismiss ed ▁a ▁call ▁from ▁scient ists ▁for ▁the ▁fast ▁trains ▁to ▁be ▁susp ended ▁during ▁a ▁meeting ▁before ▁the ▁accident , ▁where ▁T CD D ▁officials ▁were ▁alleg edly ▁war ned ▁that ▁' a ▁future ▁der ail ment ▁would ▁not ▁come ▁as ▁a ▁surprise '. ▁Despite ▁calls ▁for ▁his ▁res ignation , ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁refused ▁to ▁res ign ▁and ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁politician ▁that ▁would ▁run ▁away ▁from ▁cr ises , ▁adding ▁that ▁the ▁faster ▁train ▁program ▁would ▁continue . ▁Trade ▁Un ions ▁subsequently ▁bl amed ▁the ▁A K P ▁of ▁covering ▁up ▁the ▁government al ▁mis management ▁that ▁caused ▁of ▁the ▁incident ▁and ▁bl aming ▁the ▁workers ▁who ▁constructed ▁the ▁track ▁instead . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁accident , ▁it ▁was ▁un cover ed ▁that ▁numerous ▁senior ▁officials ▁from ▁the ▁T CD D ▁had ▁close ▁relations ▁to ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m . ▁The ▁General ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁T CD D ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁Sü le yman ▁Kar aman , ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁ha iled ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁village ▁as ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ' s ▁family , ▁while ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁was ▁also ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁directly ▁related ▁to ▁another ▁T CD