The Turkish president on Sunday 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 individuals.
“Our aim is to raise up the earthquake zone,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated 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 yr to fulfill the wants of the quake victims, Erdogan stated, including that 319,000 homes could be constructed within the first yr and 650,000 in whole.
He additionally promised to heal the injuries of the victims.
On Feb. 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 individuals in Türkiye have been affected by the quakes, in addition to many others in northern Syria.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
