Türkiye to establish earthquake commission

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish parliament on Thursday unanimously accepted a proposal to form a commission to investigate the consequences of the Feb. 6 deadly earthquakes which have claimed more than 45,000 lives.

The Parliamentary Investigation Commission will have 21 members.

The commissions established in the parliament compile their reports after 3 months of research.

The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes were centered in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 other Turkish provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa. More than 13.5 million people in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes.