All means mobilized in Türkiye after powerful quakes, says President Erdoğan

All means mobilized in Türkiye after powerful quakes, says President Erdoğan

Türkiye has mobilized all of its establishments, personnel and sources for disaster-hit areas because the earthquakes in its southern provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Sunday.

“No one should have any doubt that all the means of the state and the nation have been mobilized for the earthquake zone,” Erdoğan stated within the quake-hit Hatay’s Samandag district.

“We have mobilized our military, police, gendarmerie, healthcare professionals, educators, personnel of all relevant institutions, and all our vehicles, from aircraft to helicopters and ships, for our earthquake victims,” he stated.

There isn’t any nation that may reply quicker than Türkiye within the face of such a catastrophe by which the loss of life toll reached 48,000, the injured exceeded 115,000, and 50,000 buildings have been destroyed, he added.

The authorities plans to finish the development of the “urgently needed 244,000 houses and 75,000 village houses within a year” in Hatay, he stated.

So far, we now have arrange 426,000 tents within the earthquake zone and we plan to place into service 100,000 containers inside two months, he stated earlier in Kirikhan, a district in Hatay.

Around half one million folks, together with public officers, volunteers and members of NGOs, rushed to the quake-hit area to supply assist.

More than 47,900 folks have been killed in Türkiye within the quakes on Feb. 6, based on official figures.

More than 13 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the highly effective quakes.

Source: www.anews.com.tr