Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said, on Wednesday, that all state agencies are working so far to support families affected by the devastating earthquake that struck the country.
Soylu said The number of buildings demolished by the earthquake is very large, he confirmed The state will hand over new buildings to the affected people within a year from now, and within the framework of the rapid response, tents have been set up to house the affected people and provide them with food.
He pointed out that hospitals are working hard with all their teams to treat the injured, adding that the 215 rescue teams in Kahramanmaraş alone are still searching for survivors.
He added: I hope that all citizens will continue to show solidarity and support, whether material or in-kind, especially with regard to food and basic needs, stressing that all those affected will be supported. In the first phase, 10 thousand Turkish liras will be provided to each person affected by the earthquake.
On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that 35,418 people had died as a result of the earthquake, while 105,505 were injured.
Rescue teams from several countries, along with Turkish paramedics, are still trying to extract survivors from the rubble of demolished buildings in Turkey.
The biggest natural disaster
- The World Health Organization considered that the earthquake, which left more than 35,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria, is “the largest natural disaster in a century” to hit a country located within its European region.
- “We are witnessing the largest natural disaster in the European section of the World Health Organization in a century and we are still assessing its scale,” said Hans Kluge, director of the European branch of the organization.
- The deployment of medical teams for emergency relief, in addition to the deployment of 3 aircraft and medical equipment to treat 400,000 people, is the largest in the history of the World Health Organization in Europe in 75 years.
