Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), under the Ministry of Interior, pointed out this Wednesday. “an unusual situation” during search and rescue efforts after earthquakes recorded in the south of the country last weekIt’s close to the Syrian border, as about 3,900 aftershocks have been recorded since then.
AFAD Risk Reduction General Manager Orhan Tatar said, “There was a very severe aftershock. We are facing an unusual situation. 3,858 aftershocks have been recorded so far.” Soil displacements due to the earthquake are more than seven meters at some points, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported.
Likewise, the Turkish Ministry of Urban Planning stated on its website that more than 50,500 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged due to earthquakes. He left about 40,000 dead in Turkey and Syria, According to official balance sheets.
Noting that it conducted inspections on more than 387 thousand buildings after the earthquakes, the Ministry pointed out that 50 thousand 576 buildings were demolished due to serious structural damage or required “urgent demolition”. In this line, it was stated that 11 thousand 114 buildings were damaged “moderately” and 99 thousand 300 buildings were damaged “slightly”.
Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum emphasized that “damage assessment studies continue” before describing the earthquakes as the “disaster of the century”. Finally, he stressed that authorities “will quickly demolish what needs to be demolished to build safer homes.”