Erdogan pledges Türkiye will restore quake-hit southern region

Erdogan pledges Türkiye will restore quake-hit southern region

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Türkiye will erase traces of the destruction brought on by the highly effective earthquakes on February 6, and be extra ready for attainable disasters sooner or later.

Erdogan spoke at a ground-breaking ceremony in quake-hit Elazig, one of the 11 Turkish provinces impacted by the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes.
Erdogan spoke at a ground-breaking ceremony in quake-hit Elazig, one of many 11 Turkish provinces impacted by the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to rebuild the nation’s southern area that was struck by highly effective earthquakes on February 6, claiming the lives of greater than 50,000 individuals.

“Our aim is to restore our cities in the earthquake zone by handing over 319,000 residences and village houses to owners within a year,” Erdogan mentioned on Saturday at a ground-breaking ceremony in quake-hit Elazig province.

Erdogan mentioned Türkiye will erase the traces of the destruction brought on by the catastrophe and be extra ready for attainable disasters sooner or later.

Magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.

More than 13.5 million individuals in Türkiye have been affected by the quakes, in addition to many others in northern Syria.

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Source: AA

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