The death toll in the Republic of Turkey from last month's
destructive earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman
Soylu said on Monday.
The combined death count in Syria and Turkey has reached
more than 54,000. The February 6 earthquake affected 11 Turkish provinces and
parts of neighbouring Syria.
Turkish authorities are rushing to set up container cities
to house those left homeless by the disaster. Many people have been impacted by
the earthquake in Turkey. Millions of people in Turkey are sheltering in tents
or seeking to move to other cities.
Turkish Interior Minister said that 6,660 foreign nationals,
mostly Syrians, were killed due to the destructive earthquake. He further
revealed that authorities were still trying to identify 1,615 earthquake
victims.
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, pledged to
rebuild homes for homeless people within a year. The President said that his
government would begin constructing nearly 200,000 new homes in the Hatay
province, one of the worst-hit regions. The Turkish president visited Hatay
province on Sunday.
The Turkish Interior Minister said that the government has
planned to set up 115,585 containers for affected families in 239 sites across
the country. He revealed that 23 sites had been established so far in the
country and 21,000 containers were set up, with 85,000 people living in them.
He also said that 433,536 tents had been set up for
earthquake victims in the country. He revealed that businesses affected by the
earthquakes would be given new temporary workplaces in the next 10 days.
On 6 February, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and
Syria, killing thousands of people across the region. Subsequently, other
countries and non-governmental organisations started sending relief aid to
Turkey and Syria in order to help earthquake victims across the region.
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