A Turkish court sentenced a contractor to more than 18 years in prison on Thursday for negligence concerning a building that collapsed in last year’s devastating earthquake in the country’s south-east. Contractor Müslüm Demirer was handed 18 years, one month and 15 days in jail for “causing death and injuries by gross negligence,” state broadcaster TRT reported. The verdict is the first ruling related to last year’s quake, the report said. Thirthy-four people, including Demirer’s own son, died and ten were wounded after their apartment block, built by Demirer, collapsed in the south-eastern pr…