Pak Sahafat – The President of Turkey stated that today’s earthquake is the biggest disaster in this country since 1939, and said that more than 900 people have been killed and more than 5,300 injured in this natural disaster.
According to the Pak Sahafat news agency, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan gave a speech and gave explanations about today’s earthquake while attending the headquarters of the country’s Unforeseen Events Organization (AFAD) in Ankara.
Erdogan said during a press conference about this earthquake: At 04:17 am today, the biggest disaster after the Arzanjan earthquake in 1939 that we experienced in the last century shook us. Since the earthquake, our government has taken action with all its institutions and our governorates have mobilized all facilities.
According to “Anatolia” news agency, he explained by stating that 10 other governors have been appointed to cooperate with the authorities of the 10 earthquake affected provinces: Currently, 9 thousand personnel are conducting search and rescue operations, and this number is constantly increasing with people arriving from abroad.
Presenting statistics of the earthquake casualties, the President of Turkey stated: “So far, 912 of our citizens have lost their lives and 5385 have been injured. The search and rescue activities of our citizens, who are trapped under the collapsed buildings in the earthquake-affected provinces, continue without interruption.
According to this report, Erdogan continued: The number of people rescued from the rubble has reached 2,470. The number of destroyed buildings is 2818. We have been offered help from NATO, the European Union and 45 foreign countries.
He stated that today the 85 million people of Turkey have become one and the same heart, he said: The people and organizations that go to aid must act in coordination with Afad, aid other than this will cause chaos and make it difficult to achieve the goals.
Previously, while announcing the formation of a special air corridor to send aid to the earthquake-affected areas, the Turkish Defense Minister said that all the planes of this country are on standby.