While rescuers already acknowledge that it is impossible to save more people alive after the earthquake that had already left Turkey on Monday 30,000 dead– Turkish Justice issued more than a hundred arrest warrants due to negligence in the construction of collapsed buildings.
“29,605 citizens lost their lives,” the Turkish emergency service AFAD said. If more than 3,500 deaths in Syria are added to these figures, the death toll will be counted. 33,000 in both countries.
About 150,000 people have been evacuated from the ten affected provinces, and 233,000 people are working in rescue efforts with more than 12,000 vehicles and machinery. final figures The number of injuries awarded by the Turkish government exceeds 80,000.
Although more than 6 days have passed since the earthquake, more than 12 people were rescued from a major disaster in the last 24 hours. From 3-year-old girl to 85-year-old woman140 to 155 hours under the rubble.
About 10,000 people came from other countries to assist in the rescue efforts, including several Spanish medical workers, firefighters and army teams. The agency added that seventy planes and 167 helicopters have also assisted the victims and that more than 300 mobile kitchens, 33 mobile bread ovens and 83 toilets have been transported to the area so far.
The area affected by the earthquake covers more than a thousand areas. 100,000 square kilometers – a surface larger than that of a country like Portugal – and home to about 10 million people.
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As the death toll continues to rise, Turkish security forces have arrested a dozen people, including builders, architects and surveyors, in connection with some of the tens of thousands of buildings destroyed or badly damaged. These arrests are the first steps of the state. At a time when criticism of poor housing quality is intensifying, decluttering is something few attribute to corruption and inadequate controls. The Turkish Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued more than 100 arrest warrants for people suspected of negligence in the construction of buildings and has set up a special unit to investigate what happened.
Turkey’s Vice President, Fuat Oktay, said earlier on Sunday that authorities had identified them so far. 131 suspects to be responsible for the destruction of some of the thousands of buildings destroyed.
Oktay said, “We will follow this closely until the necessary legal process is completed, especially for buildings that are heavily damaged and cause death and injury.”
Opposition leaders have long accused the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan of not following building regulations. Although there is a regulation on seismic resistance in constructions in Turkey, it is rarely applied even in new houses that need to withstand earthquakes better.
In addition, during the Erdogan government, various amnesties were applied to buildings that did not comply with regulations, including seismic resistance, and their status was legalized in return for economic fines.