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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned a complete of 650,000 homes shall be constructed within the nation’s south, the place twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 affected greater than 13.5 million folks.
(AA)
The Turkish president has vowed to rebuild the nation’s southern area within the wake of highly effective earthquakes final month that claimed the lives of greater than 50,000 folks.
“Our aim is to raise up the earthquake zone,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned on Sunday after a dinner with earthquake victims in Istanbul, a particular iftar fast-breaking meal for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Türkiye plans to assemble sufficient buildings in a 12 months to satisfy the wants of the quake victims, Erdogan mentioned, including that 319,000 homes can be constructed within the first 12 months and 650,000 in whole.
He additionally promised to heal the injuries of the victims.
On February 6, 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 folks 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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