The AKP government seems to be on the ground to recovering from the disaster. Citizens from all over the country have launched massive aid campaigns. Hundreds of trucks and airplanes are taking aid to the regions. Aid collection centers have been set up all over the country. Food, drinks, electric heaters, blankets, and clothes are being collected with the public's help, but there are still problems with transportation and distribution in the region.
There are still too many collapsed structures and people struggling to survive.
"President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Kahramanmaraş on Wednesday after a series of high-magnitude
earthquakes that shook 10 provinces and said that all the country's resources had been mobilized, calling for unity.
Speaking to reporters, President Erdoğan updated the latest death toll to 8,574. He said another 49,133 people were injured and 6,444 buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
Türkiye has taken action with all its institutions since Monday's deadly quakes, the president added, underlining that all resources were being used to help the affected people.
"Our citizens should not worry; we will never allow them to stay on the street," he said and highlighted that earthquake victims can stay in contracted hotels in Antalya, Alanya and Mersin provinces."
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"As a result of the negotiations with the Turkish Foreign Ministry, 5,309 personnel coming from other countries for help were dispatched to the disaster area," it added.
Besides rescue teams, blankets, tents, food, and psychological support teams were also sent to the affected areas.
A total of 70,818 family tents were set up to shelter survivors, AFAD also said.
It added that 5,514 vehicles, including excavators, tractors and dozers, were also sent to the disaster area.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 77 field hospitals were set up in the 10 provinces.
"We can also perform surgical operations in some of these hospitals where emergency health services are provided. Our earthquake victims whose health conditions are risky are transferred to hospitals in the region by helicopter after the first response," Koca said on Twitter.
Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum warned that aftershocks are still continuing. "Therefore, I would like to underline that the sensitivity regarding damaged buildings still continues."
Dormitories, sports halls, youth centers, and youth camps in 10 provinces are serving quake victims with meal and shelter, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoglu said.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said the priority is now to save people trapped under the rubble. "After that, the judicial process will follow. All those who had negligence and fault will be held accountable," he pledged."
Monday's 2 major quakes, centered in Kahramanmaras, affect several other regional provinces - Anadolu Agency
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