Stating that Turkey is an earthquake country, JMO İzmir Branch President Koray Önalan said: "There have been warnings about the East Anatolian fault line for years. If precautions were taken, it would not have been so devastating."
14 people from 4 families, who took shelter in a one-story shop in İslahiye district, half of which were destroyed in the earthquake, said: "We are looking for food and water, but we cannot find it."
Citizens waiting for their relatives to be removed in front of the wreckage in Adıyaman said: “A city was destroyed. We have 80-90 thousand deaths in the center. There is no government, no electricity, no water, no natural gas, no food."
Stating that it is necessary to ask where the 88 billion 240 million TL obtained from earthquake taxes and the 4.5 trillion budget to be used for 2023 in Turkey spent, Employment Specialist Sinan Ok said that these resources were spent on war, rent and the Palace.
While the death toll continues to rise in two major earthquakes in Maraş, thousands of people are still under the rubble. The people, who spent the night on the streets in the earthquake area reported by our reporters, condemned the government and the authorities that they could not get support from.
The State of Emergency decision taken by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was published in the Official Gazette.
An investigation was launched against journalists Merdan Yanardağ and Enver Aysever on the grounds of their statements about the earthquake.
Although it has been a long time since the earthquake in Sergolan district, for the first time a team started search and rescue work in a heavily damaged structure.
Following the earthquake from the State Information Coordination Center, President Erdoğan announced that a State of Emergency decision was taken for the earthquake zone.
In Iskenderun, where many buildings were destroyed after the earthquake, search and rescue efforts were started approximately 30 hours later. The bodies pulled from the rubble are kept on the street.
While the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake in Maraş is approaching 4 thousand, there are still thousands of people under the rubble in 10 cities. While search and installation teams still do not go to hundreds of areas destroyed in the earthquake, no news can be received from the villages.
Vice President Fuat Oktay announced that vehicle entry to Mereş, Hatay and Semsûr has been stopped for 48 hours.
Cries for help are rising from under the rubble in Adıyaman, one of the cities most damaged by the earthquake. In the city, where no aid has yet arrived, the people are trying to save their relatives with their own means.
A citizen who participated in HaberTürk's live broadcast from the wreckage area condemned AKP President Erdoğan's claim that "AFAD has arrived" and said: "They are lying, they took a picture and left".
In many cities of Çukurova, where destruction was experienced after the earthquake, the people spent the night on the streets. In cities where aid and search and rescue teams did not go, citizens tried to save the people under the rubble by their own means.