Türkiye on the anniversary of the earthquake known as the “calamity of the century” + pictures

– International News – Tasnim News Agency, one year ago on this day, the 7.7 Richter earthquake of Hero Mereash Turkey became the most important news in the world media. An earthquake that, in addition to the heroic hero, affected 9 provinces around it and 3 provinces of Turkey’s southern neighbor, namely Syria, and caused enormous and unprecedented destruction. This earthquake was named by the Turkish authorities as “The Calamity of the Evening”.

One ​​of the dangerous faults in Anatolian part of Turkey led to this bitter event and Tens of thousands of houses were destroyed and nearly 54 thousand Turkish citizens died and 107 thousand were injured. The amount of direct damage caused by the February earthquake in Herod Marash is estimated to be more than 100 billion dollars, and the Turkish market is still suffering from its consequences.

During this earthquake, an area of ​​120,000 square kilometers was affected in 11 provinces of Turkey and 14 million Turkish citizens were damaged. The Turkish government declared a level 4 alert on that bitter morning and search and rescue teams from 93 countries participated in the rescue work.

The Red Crescent forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran were also among the first forces that entered the field in various cities, including Kahraman Marash, Adiaman and Hatay, and rushed to the aid of the earthquake victims of our friendly and neighboring country. The search to rescue the victims was carried out in 38 thousand and 901 collapsed buildings and search and rescue operations were carried out in 26 thousand towers and residential complexes, and Turkey went through difficult days and nights.

Suleiman Sonmez, the head of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs and Craftsmen of Turkey, said: “The great earthquake of Hero Marash caused production, export and employment in our country to be severely damaged. The field investigations of me and my colleagues show that the consequences of the economic damage of the earthquake will continue at least until the middle of 2026.

Criticism of the government’s record

Now that exactly one year has passed since the Hero Marash earthquake, the Turkish media have different views on this great tragedy. The media close to the Justice and Development Party and Erdogan’s government claim that all the victims of the earthquake have been taken care of, but the opponents say that this is not the case and that the government has not fulfilled its promises.

Turkish newspaper is one of the most important tribunes of the Justice and Development Party , in the photo and title of the front page, he talked about the earthquake and wrote from the words of a rural woman who was affected by the earthquake, our small house was destroyed and the government has built a palace for us instead. A durable, large and beautiful house was built for a rural family. But the Yeni Chaga newspaper, the media organ of the Good Party led by Mrs. Meral Akhsner, has published a picture of a rural couple who are still living under nylon and their house has not been renovated.

In the matter of dealing with the earthquake victims, the partisan point of view and the division of people into insiders and non-insiders is going on, and the handling of the villages that voted for Erdogan is more evident.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of Turkey has said: “We continue to work day and night with 110,450 personnel in 930 construction workshops in 11 cities. So far, 46,000 houses, whose construction has been completed and whose ownership has been determined, are being delivered. 75,000 houses are supposed to be delivered to the beneficiaries by the middle of March. gave More than 6 million residential and commercial units were checked. According to damage assessment studies, 850 thousand independent units including 680 thousand residential units and 170 thousand commercial units were seriously damaged and unusable.

But only 207 thousand houses are being built in protected areas. In the first stage, shelters and temporary workplaces were built for earthquake victims using containers. But the current process has slowed down and currently the construction of 207,000 houses continues.

In addition, 50,000 houses are gradually being tendered and built. The evidence shows that the economic crisis, current account deficit and shortage Foreign exchange resources have made the government unable to fulfill its promises.

145 people are missing The problems are not related to the reconstruction and apparently, there has been a lot of negligence in rescuing the injured and removing the bodies of the victims.

Famous news site “ They established Because it is not known what happened to the bodies of 145 people, 38 of whom are children. Sona Öztürk, whose daughter and two grandchildren disappeared in the Rönesans residence, said in a conversation with Hurriyet: “We want to create a commission in the parliament for the disappeared people. Our request is the allocation of machinery and credit for the examination of garbage. Everything should be checked to know what happened to the body of our loved ones. Even though it’s been 12 months, I still haven’t found my daughter and 2 grandchildren”.

Erdogan’s opponents say, governors as the highest provincial authority under the command The Minister of Interior and the President are only coordinated and close to municipalities that belong to the Justice and Development Party!

Naji Koro, a political commentator in Turkey, says: “Earthquake victims generally stay in prefabricated houses. However, there are many complaints due to the winter conditions. A common complaint is that promises are not kept. The number of delivered houses is far less than what the Erdogan government had promised. It is interesting that Erdoğan openly announced to the people of Hatai earthquake: If the central government and the local government do not join hands and are not in full solidarity, nothing can be done for Hatai! In other words, Erdoğan says that if you vote for our party’s candidate in the upcoming elections, we will rebuild the destroyed houses!” Turkey, the cities whose central municipality is in the hands of the People’s Republic Party, have received the least financial aid and the situation of the earthquake victims is still worrying.

Professor Naji Korver, one of the famous geologists and earthquake experts in Turkey, says about the tragic event of Hero Marash: “We warned day and night before the earthquake.” We talked about faults, warned about weak and dangerous structures, but no one paid attention to our words. I am still not convinced that Turkey has learned a lesson from this great event.”

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