Two years have passed after destructive earthquakes in Turkey with epicenters in the province of Kazakhmanmarash, who claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.
On Monday, February 6, 2023, two earthquakes of more than seven were on the southeast of Turkey (at 04.17 local time – magnitude 7.7 and in 13.24 – magnitude 7.6).
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the province of Kazakhmanmarash.
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According to the data collected by Anadol, as a result of the disaster that swept the province of Kazakhmanmarash, Hatai, Osmania, Adyyaman, Dyarbakyr, Shanlyurf, Gaziantep, Kilis, Adan, Malaysia and Elazyg, 53,537 people were killed, 107 213 were injured. < /p>
Axiety of the fourth level was declared. To help in search and rescue works, a brigade from 93 countries arrived.
Earthquakes, which affected the territory with an area of 120 thousand square kilometers, caused mass destruction in 11 provinces, 124 districts, 6929 villages and quarters.
National mourning for 7 days was announced throughout the country. A state of emergency was announced in the region affected by the earthquake.
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650 thousand people participated in the elimination of the consequences
State institutions, local administrations, non -governmental organizations and volunteers mobilized efforts to provide assistance. Water, food, medicines, clothes and other essential items promptly delivered to the injured areas.
In total, 650 thousand people were involved in the elimination of the consequences of the natural disaster, including 11,488 arrivals from abroad, 35,250 participants in search and rescue works and 142 thousand security forces.
20 thousand units of equipment and heavy machines, 141 helicopters, 182 aircraft and 23 ships participated in rescue operations. Turkish Navy ships were involved in delivering assistance.
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Air transport was used to evacuate the victims, transportation of personnel and goods, extinguishing fires, performing a total of 17,500 sorties.
With the support of Turkish Airlines (Thy), 13,701 flights were performed, more than 2 million passengers were transported, and 32,770 tons of humanitarian goods were delivered 712 flights.
Unmanned aerial vehicles of Turkish production helped in coordination and search and rescue operations.
350 tent and 428 container towns
were installed
In 11 injured provinces, zones for tent and container towns were determined. In total, 1 million tents were sent, 350 tent towns were installed 645 thousand tents, providing housing 2.5 million people.
In 428 container towns, 220 thousand containers were installed, where 707 thousand people were placed.