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The number of victims from the earthquake in Turkey is over 17 thousand

2023-02-09 07:48:15Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The number of victims from the earthquake in Turkey is over 17 thousand

The number of victims from the tragic earthquake in Turkey and northern Syria has exceeded 17 thousand people. Meanwhile, hopes for thousands of other people left under the rubble are almost extinguished after more than 72 hours have passed since the powerful 7.9-magnitude tremor that destroyed tens of thousands of buildings.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended his government's response to two catastrophic earthquakes, saying it was impossible to prepare for the scale of the disaster.

Critics claimed the response of the emergency services was too slow and the government was poorly prepared.

Erdogan acknowledged that the government had encountered some problems, but said the situation was now under control. The leader of Turkey's main opposition party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, disagreed.

"If there is one person responsible for this, it is Erdogan," he said.

The president rejected the accusation and said that unity was required after the disaster.

"In a period like this, I can't be bothered by people who run negative campaigns for political interests," he told reporters in Hatay.

Thousands of survivors have spent the third night in extremely cold atmospheric conditions, in the hope that there are other survivors of their relatives under the rubble. A World Health Organization official has warned that there could be significant injuries caused by freezing temperatures among earthquake survivors.

The EU has confirmed it will send €3.5 million in aid to Syria following a government appeal for help, but said the aid should go to both government- and rebel-held areas.

More than 1,500 people have died in Idlib province alone, and an adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said sanctions were preventing Syria from receiving much-needed aid.

"We don't have enough bulldozers, we don't have enough cranes, we don't have enough oil because of European and American sanctions," said Bouthaina Shabban.


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