catastrophic earthquakes caused widespread destruction in the South of Turkey this month led to collapse or severe damage of over 200,000 buildings, prof senior official He said Tuesday.
It hit magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 degrees on February 6 and opened a plot of southeast regionf killing over 44,000 people and leaves millions homeless.
Described as the worst disaster in Modern Turkish historyEarthquakes affected area that it home for about 13.5 million peopleor over 15% of Country population.
The authorities have completed the inspections so far of 1.52 million buildings in The regionMinister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mustafa Karam said.
“We have determined that 582,000 independent sections and 202,000 buildings have collapsed or been severely damaged and will be demolished immediately,” Corum said. news conspiracy in earthquake-hit Hatay Province.
In Hatay alone, there were about 60,000 buildings destroyed or so badly damaged that it need To be torn down, Corum said.
the minister He said the contracts were signed for start building of 456 apartments in Nordağı district in Gaziantep province, as well of 645 houses in Kilis and 297 housing units in Adiyaman.
Corum reported that bidding processes are under way for 2,663 apartments to be built in Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay and Sanliurfa.
In total Corum Build said of It will start at 14,500 housing units in February.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to do so rebuild homes And the southeast disaster area within a year.
The initial plan is build 200,000 apartments and 70,000 village houses in cost of At least $15 billion.
about 2 million people left homeless people as a result of the disaster in tents and containers homes and other facilities in the region And in other parts of country, according to the Agency for Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD).
