Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced the rescue of more than eight thousand people left under the rubble after the earthquakes that struck the country last week and thanked international aid.
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In a video message sent to the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Erdogan thanked all countries for the help they have provided in search, rescue and relief efforts following the powerful earthquakes.
He also mentioned that a large number of more than 81,000 people injured in the earthquakes have been discharged from hospitals.
The Turkish President Erdogan s’adresante au Sommet mondial des Gouvernements à Dubai: je suis convaincu que le sommet contribuira à la paix et à la justice dans le monde:
– Très prochainement nous beginrons la recovery et la réhabilitation of the affected areas pic.twitter.com/SW7zkoLpvD
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February 14, 2023
Erdogan promised to start reconstruction and rehabilitation of the affected areas very soon.
“I would like to thank once again all friendly and brother countries who have been gathering aid for our nation day and night, supporting our search and rescue efforts with their teams and not forgetting us in their prayers,” Erdogan added.
Türkiye, which is facing one of the “greatest natural disasters” not only in its history but also in human history, will never forget “the friendship you showed on that dark day,” he said.
More than 100 countries in the world, mainly Arab states, have sent us aid or offered their condolences, he said.
The 7.6 and 7.7 magnitude tremors were concentrated in Kahramanmaras and affected nine other provinces: Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
They also hit several countries and caused widespread destruction in northern Syria.