Yarar and the accompanying delegation visited the Halid Bin Velid dormitory, where the earthquake victims temporarily settled in the Merkez Bağlar district, lending an ear to their problems and troubles.

Yarar wrote down some of the requests and demands of the families staying in the dormitories, stating that necessary work will be done to fulfill the demands.

Yarar also visited Seyrantepe Tent City, where she met with the earthquake-affected people.

She said that those with chronic diseases have some difficulties in reaching treatment in the tent city and that these problems should be eliminated.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria in the early hours of the morning on February 6.

There were more than 45, 000 deaths, and over 108, 000 people were injured across the ten most affected provinces in Turkey, including some casualties also in adjacent Elazığ and Batman provinces.

At least 13.5 million people and 4 million buildings have been affected. Thousands were trapped under rubble when buildings collapsed.

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change conducted damage inspections for 763,000 buildings; at least 41,791 buildings in 10 Turkish provinces were heavily damaged or destroyed, leaving about 150,000 people homeless.

Immediately after the earthquake, Hope Caravan Foundation, European Orphan Hand, Orphans Foundation, and IHO EBRAR launched a humanitarian aid campaign to aid the earthquake-stricken people. (ILKHA)