Erdoğan vows to revive earthquake-stricken cities
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered remarks following the meeting held at the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) Coordination Center in Hatay.
Speaking at AFAD Coordination Center in Hatay, Erdoğan, as regards the 10 provinces that the latest two earthquakes had hit, said: “We will revive all our cities with their houses, workplaces, industries, agriculture, historical and cultural values, not allowing the slightest regression or the slightest neglect.”
Stating that all the ministries, institutions, municipalities, and nongovernmental organizations had been mobilized immediately after the two earthquakes that had hit Kahramanmaraş and its 9 neighboring provinces, Erdoğan said: “We have mobilized all the means of our state and our nation to reach the region, launch the search and rescue works, and organize the relief efforts. Aside from those directly in charge of such works, we have sent all civil servants and all nongovernmental organizations, who can participate in the search and rescue efforts and debris removal works as well as in relief and security works, from our 81 provinces to the earthquake zone.”
“All our citizens living in the earthquake zone may rest assured that we will revive all our cities with their houses, workplaces, industries, agriculture, historical and cultural values, not allowing the slightest regression or the slightest neglect,” Erdoğan noted. (ILKHA)