Published February 28,2023
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Türkiye’s president on Tuesday pledged to reconstruct the nation’s southern area within the wake of highly effective earthquakes that struck earlier this month.
“With the completion of debris removal activities, we are starting the reconstruction and revival of our region,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan advised a press briefing within the Kahramanmaras province, the place the quakes had their epicenter.
“In a few months, we are starting the construction of 309,000 houses, including village houses, throughout the earthquake zone,” he added.
On Feb. 6, the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck 11 provinces-Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes, in addition to many in northwestern Syria.
Erdoğan reiterated that scientists are calling the catastrophe an “exceptional natural event.”
“While we are reviving the provinces, districts, and villages in the quake-hit region, we will speedily transform other parts of our country that face the same threat,” he mentioned.
The president additionally warned the general public that aftershock are nonetheless persevering with and referred to as on them to keep away from broken buildings, including: “We expect our citizens to be more cautious in this regard.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
