UPDATE – All means mobilized in Türkiye after powerful quakes: President Erdogan

UPDATE – All means mobilized in Türkiye after powerful quakes: President Erdogan

'No one should have any doubt that all the means of the state and the nation have been mobilized for the earthquake zone,' says Recep Tayyip Erdogan

ADDS MORE REMARKS BY TURKISH PRESIDENT

By Faruk Zorlu, Yasemin Kalyoncuoglu and Orhan Onur Gemici

ANKARA/HATAY, Türkiye (AA) - Türkiye has mobilized all of its institutions, personnel and resources for disaster-hit areas since the earthquakes struck its southern provinces last month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday.

"No one should have any doubt that all the means of the state and the nation have been mobilized for the earthquake zone," Erdogan said in quake-hit Hatay’s Samandag district.

"We have mobilized our military, police, gendarmerie, healthcare professionals, educators, personnel of all relevant institutions and all our vehicles, from aircraft to helicopters and ships, for our earthquake victims," he said.

There is no country that can respond faster than Türkiye in the face of such a disaster in which the death toll reached 48,000, the injured exceeded 115,000, and 50,000 buildings were destroyed, he added.

The government plans to complete the construction of the "urgently needed 244,000 houses and 75,000 village houses within a year" in Hatay, he said.

“So far, we have set up 426,000 tents in the earthquake zone, and we plan to put into service 100,000 containers within two months,” he said earlier in Kirikhan, a district in Hatay.

Later on Sunday, Erdogan toured the Qatar-Türkiye Brotherhood Container City in Hatay, which was established with containers sent by Qatar.

Qatar promised to send 10,000 containers, and they are being delivered gradually. While 1,000 containers have arrived, 4,000 others are on the way. The number of containers sent to the region will reach 10,000 within a month.

Erdogan said that Qatar, as always, showed its generosity in the wake of last month’s earthquakes and provided significant financial aid to Türkiye.

“In the meantime, we started the construction of permanent residences. Hopefully, we will meet the urgent need by completing the construction of 244,000 houses and 75,000 village houses within a year,” he said.

Around half a million people, including public officials, volunteers and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rushed to the quake-hit region to provide help.

More than 47,900 people were killed in Türkiye in the quakes on Feb. 6, according to official figures.

Over 13 million people in Türkiye have been affected by the powerful quakes.

*Zehra Nur Duz contributed to the story in Ankara


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