Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar needs a speedy restoration for all the earthquake survivors throughout his go to to Türkiye’s earthquake zone.
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Turkish Cypriots share Türkiye’s sorrow, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar has mentioned throughout a go to to earthquake-hit provinces.
“Your pain is our pain,” mentioned Tatar, who was on a go to on Wednesday to Türkiye’s southern Kahramanmaras province, the epicentre of the Feb. 6 earthquakes.
Tatar paid a go to to a tent metropolis that was arrange on Sutcu Imam University’s campus.
“Our hope is that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, together with Türkiye, will grow stronger in the Eastern Mediterranean and offer a future and hope to Turkish Cypriots. Therefore, we believe that Türkiye is strong as it has always been and will dress these wounds,” he mentioned.
He wished the quake victims a speedy restoration and distributed bread made by a cellular bakery within the tent metropolis.
Tatar burdened that they’ve been monitoring developments in Türkiye, saying Turkish Cypriots pray for the nation.
Noting that Cyprus island can be a seismic zone, Tatar mentioned that by taking the required measures within the buildings to be constructed sooner or later, no such devastation could be skilled.
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‘Deeply saddened’
Earlier in Gaziantep province, he mentioned: “We are deeply saddened by the martyrdom of tens of thousands of our people in this disaster.”
Noting that Turkish Cypriots in Türkiye had been additionally victims of the “disaster of the century,” Tatar mentioned, “35 of our children, including 24 of our young volleyball team stars, their teachers, and some families were martyred in the debris of a hotel.”
“Our citizens lost their lives in other regions as well. We have learned that our citizens who settled in Hatay, Kahramanmaras and Osmaniye and many of their relatives passed away.”
More than 45,000 folks died within the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, which struck 11 provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa and Elazig.
Some 13.5 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes.
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