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"Catastrophe of the century", the earthquake in Turkey deadliest in modern history

2023-02-15 09:20:24Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"Catastrophe of the century", the earthquake in Turkey deadliest in

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that more than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest disaster since the country was founded 100 years ago.

As the death toll is almost certain to rise further, many of the tens of thousands of survivors left homeless are struggling to meet basic needs, such as finding shelter from the cold.

Confirmed deaths in Turkey surpassed those recorded by the massive Erzincan earthquake in 1939, which killed an estimated 33,000 people.

Erdogan said 105,505 were injured as a result of the earthquake and its aftershocks on February 6, with the epicenter in Kahramanmaras. Almost 3,700 deaths have been confirmed in neighboring Syria, bringing the death toll in both countries to over 39,000.

The Turkish president, who has referred to the earthquake as the "disaster of the century", said more than 13,000 people were still being treated in hospitals.

Speaking in Ankara after a five-hour cabinet meeting held at the headquarters of the AFAD disaster agency, Erdogan said 47,000 buildings, containing 211,000 dwellings, had been destroyed or damaged to the point of needing to be deliberately demolished.

"We will continue our work until we get our last citizen out of the destroyed buildings," Erdogan said of the ongoing rescue efforts.

Aid agencies and governments from around the world have stepped up efforts to bring aid to devastated parts of Turkey and Syria.

The situation is particularly desperate in Syria, where the 12-year civil war has complicated efforts to help those affected in the area, and has brought various pressures on how to transfer aid to the country. Some people there said they didn't get anything.
The Syrian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll is 1,414, and another 1,357 are wounded, in government-controlled areas alone.

On Tuesday, the United Nations allocated an amount of $397 million to provide "desperately needed assistance to nearly 5 million Syrians" for the next three months.

Until Monday's deal between the UN and Syrian President Bashar Assad's government, aid was only allowed to be sent to one area through a single border crossing with Turkey, or through government territory.

President Assad agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the rebel-held northwest of the country to deliver aid and essential equipment to millions of earthquake victims.

The Bab Al-Salam and Al Rae crossings will be open for an initial period of three months./REL


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