Turkey Earthquake State Emergency: After the severe earthquake in Turkiye, the government there has announced a three-month state emergency, which will be applicable in 10 southeastern provinces. This emergency was announced by the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdo─Яan on Tuesday (February 7). So far 3,549 people have died in Turkey and 1751 in Syria due to this earthquake. At the same time, several thousand people are seriously injured.
In addition to Turkey, rescue operations in the isolated area near Syria have been hampered by severe winter storms. Snow has piled up on some of the city’s streets because of the storm and the work of food and aid has slowed down.
emergency measures will be taken
However, Turkish President Erdogan said that several emergency measures would be taken in the affected areas with humanitarian relief workers and financial aid. Addressing on TV, Erdogan said, “We have decided to declare a state of emergency to ensure that our rescue work can be carried out quickly. We will quickly complete the presidential and parliamentary procedures related to this decision, which Will cover 10 of our provinces where the earthquake has been experienced and will last for three months.”
This earthquake is one of the biggest earthquakes in Turkey in the last one century. During this, critics are criticizing Turkey because of the problems caused by the earthquake and the delay in the rescue operation. In this way, Erdogan’s government seems to be troubled due to increasing pressure on social media.
Erdogan’s challenge
According to new figures released on Tuesday (February 7), 3,549 people have died in Turkey due to the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred on Monday (February 6). Erdogan said his government would send more than 50,000 aid workers to the quake-hit area and spend 100 billion lira ($5.3 billion) in financial aid. Dealing with the biggest natural disaster for Erdogan in his two decades of rule is a huge challenge. Parliamentary and presidential elections are also going to be held in Turkey after two months on May 14.
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