The World Health Organization (WHO), meanwhile, said the earthquake that hit Turkey was the “worst natural disaster” to hit the European region in a century.
Last month’s earthquake affected 11 provinces in Turkey. State officials said 214,000 buildings collapsed as a result of the earthquakes. A large number of buildings collapsed in the hardest-hit cities of Hatay and Kahramanmaras
A month after the earthquake in Turkey, a large number of people are still without proper shelter
Crews of workers continue to clean up the earthquake-hit and debris-filled cities.
The disaster has affected approximately 14 million people – one in six of Turkey’s population.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 3.3 million people had been forced to leave the quake zone so far. Data provided by Turkish officials, on the other hand, show that more than 1.4 million people are staying in tents and almost 46,000 in container cities, while the rest are staying in dormitories or guest houses.
Many people and families choose to stay close to their destroyed properties by setting up homemade tents.
People do not want to leave what is left of their possessions because of a strong sense of belonging. Dissatisfaction with the Turkish government’s actions in the disaster situation is also growing among these people. A homeless woman who lives in a tent also believes that the government should do more.
“The government must use all its resources to reach the affected areas and provide water to those who need it and appropriate programs to monitor children’s mental health.”
Dissatisfaction and anger among people was also caused by the news that the Turkish Red Crescent had sold part of the taxpayer-funded tents to a charity at cost.
CONTEXT:
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred on the night of February 6 in southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. Two weeks later, another earthquake struck Turkey.
One and a half million people have been left homeless in Turkey after the devastating earthquakes. Meanwhile, in neighboring Syria, humanitarian aid supplies are the biggest problem. The death toll from the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria at the beginning of February exceeded 50,000 on March 3.
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