Elbistan's cry: Get our bodies out of the rubble now!
Search and rescue efforts are progressing very slowly in the Elbistan district of Maraş, where the heaviest destruction was experienced by the earthquake. Those who managed to stay alive in the district said: “Our bodies should be pulled out of the rubble. We want tents, but the state does not even bring a piece of cloth.”
'Solidarity is wanted to be blocked by the state of emergency'
Starting an aid campaign for earthquake victims in Şırnak, non-governmental organizations and political parties said: "The solidarity is prevented with the declaration of the State of Emergency. The State of Emergency decision should be stopped and these regions should be declared as disaster areas".
Geophysicist Şahan: The buildings collapsed due to insufficient supervision
Pointing out that the buildings were not inspected, Geophysical Engineer Erdal Şahan said: "If they had been built in accordance with the current earthquake regulations, these buildings would not collapse like rusk."
Earthquake call from Bayık: All resources should be mobilized
Calling on the military forces not to take action due to the earthquake in Kurdistan, KCK Executive Council Co-chairperson Cemil Bayık called out to the public: "Everyone should mobilize to save our people who are under the rubble."
State of Emergency decision passed in Parliament
The State of Emergency, which will be valid for 3 months in 10 cities affected by the earthquake, was accepted by the Parliament and entered into force.
Applications of doctors to "go to the earthquake area" are not answered.
Stating that they still have not received a response to their applications to the Provincial Health Directorate to provide health services in earthquake areas, ITO President Nergis Erdoğan said: "Medical Chambers should not be blocked."
30 thousand applications to HDP Crisis Coordination Center
30 thousand earthquake victims applied to HDP Crisis Coordination Center.
Demirtaş to Erdoğan: You are the problem
Former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş called out to President Erdogan and said: "For God's sake, leave these people in peace, Erdoğan."
Police confiscated the aid truck going to Malatya
The TIR containing the living material sent by the HDP Mardin Provincial Organization to the people who went hungry in Malatya due to the earthquake was confiscated by the police at the entrance of the Doğanşehir district.
State did not come to Hatay for saving people
In Hatay, which was destroyed by an earthquake, the rubble cannot be removed due to the lack of search and rescue, and rural areas cannot be reached. Ahmet Şık, from TİP, who is in the region, said: "The state, which does not come to save people, does not come to take out the bodies."
Citizen, who cut off his arm to save the baby, died!
A person named Cuma, who was under the rubble in Antakya, lost his life after he cut his arm to save his nephew Kevser.
Earthquake victims: We have waited for our families for 4 days
Citizens, waiting for good news around the rubble of Sözel Apartment Building, said: "The search and rescue is insufficient and we continue to wait desperately."
Earthquake victim is looking at the feet of his mother under the rubble!
A citizen waiting for the search and rescue teams in Adana, where the earthquake caused destruction, looks at the feet of his mother, who died under the rubble for 3 days.
Condemnation the blocking of journalists
Condemning the pressure on journalists that was blocked with the state of emergency declared in the cities affected by the earthquake, IGC President Dilek Gappi said: "The first duty of the press is to point out what is wrong on behalf of the public and to reflect the situation and expectations of the people in an objective way."
Untrained AFAD volunteers on the earthquake areas
It turned out that the AFAD officers who arrived 36 hours later in Adıyaman, where the search and rescue teams were insufficient, were untrained people dressed in "volunteer" shirts.
The teams did not come to the destroyed neighborhood for 4 days
It has been stated that AFAD has not started a search and rescue operation in the Keferdız District of Nurdağı district, which has a population of 3 thousand, although 4 days have passed since the earthquake.
Reporter detained together with the person he interviewed
It was learned that MA reporter Mehmet Güleş was detained together with the volunteer during an interview where he criticized the rescue efforts of a volunteer who participated in the search and rescue efforts.
Riot in Hatay Prison: 3 prisoners lost their lives
Three people lost their lives in the incident that the prisoners in Hatay Type T Closed Prison revolted and suppressed with the intervention of the soldiers.
People who rent ladles take bodies out
Speaking during the HDP delegation's visit to the wrecked Nurdağı, citizens said: "The search and rescue team did not arrive and their rescue efforts are insufficient."
Journalists were asked why they were in earthquake area
Police asked the journalists who were detained while they were following the news stories in the earthquake area, "Why did you come here?".
NetBlock: Twitter restricted in Turkey
Netblocks announced that after the earthquakes, the vitally important social media platform Twitter was restricted in Turkey.
Transport Minister condemned left
Minister of Transport Adil Karaismailoğlu and Governor Mahmut Çuhadar, who were condemned by citizens who are waiting desperately in the earthquake area in Adıyaman, left the area.
Condemnation the blocking of journalists in the earthquake area
Professional organizations condemning the prevention of journalists working in earthquake areas said: "The right of People to be informed cannot be prevented."
Journalists who shot the earthquake rubble were detained
MA reporter Mahmut Altıntaş and Mehmet Güleş, who was reporting news stories in earthquake areas, and JINNEWS reporter Sema Çağlak were detained.
'Rescue teams are insufficient, pro-media does not tell the truth'
Enes Gündüz, who was waiting for hopeful news from the Gündüz family, who is under rubble of the Galeria Business Center in Amed, said: “The rescue teams are very few, the cranes are in trouble, whatever concrete piece they touch is stuck, their ropes break. The pro-media is reporting false news.”
In Adıyaman, the corpses and the wounded are held waiting in the hospital.
Those who lost their lives and were injured under the rubble in Adıyaman are held waiting in the corridors of the city's only hospital that provides services.
tate of Emergency decision presented to Parliament
The State of Emergency decision covering 10 cities affected by the earthquake in Kurdistan was presented to the Parliament.
Condemnation from Urfa: Municipality does not help
The residents of Urfa, who were affected by the earthquake, said. "The bakeries in the city were closed and the municipalities did not fulfill their responsibilities. We had a problem with shelter despite the cold weather.
Earthquake expert Karabulut: The government is responsible for this massacre
Evaluating the painful picture that emerged in the Maraş-centered earthquake as a "massacre", Academic Savaş Karabulut said: "The death toll is much higher the ones announced and that the real responsible for what happened was the government."
The dormitory, which the ministry has shown as a shelter, is damaged
Süleyman Bin Khalid student dormitory, one of the shelters opened by the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the victims of the earthquake, turned out to be damaged in the earthquake.
WHO Declared 'Level 3 Emergency'
WHO announced that it has declared a "Level 3 Emergency" due to the consecutive earthquakes in Pazarcık.
Earthquake victims marched to the governorship in Adıyaman
Citizens of Adıyaman, which was most affected by the earthquake, marched to the Adıyaman Governor's Office to protest the authorities who did not carry out search and rescue efforts. Officials were removed from the governor's office under police protection.
Message 'we are alive' from under the rubble, but there is no rescue team!
Musa Köse, who was pulled out of the rubble in Îslahiye, which was half destroyed in the earthquake, said that the message "We are alive" was received from those who were in the same rubble, but there was no search and rescue efforts.
JMO President Önalan: If precautions were taken, it would not be so devastating
Stating that Turkey is an earthquake country, JMO İzmir Branch President Koray Önalan said: "There have been warnings about the East Anatolian fault line for years. If precautions were taken, it would not have been so devastating."
Citizens look for food and water in half-destroyed İslahiye
14 people from 4 families, who took shelter in a one-story shop in İslahiye district, half of which were destroyed in the earthquake, said: "We are looking for food and water, but we cannot find it."
Earthquake Victims: A city was destroyed
Citizens waiting for their relatives to be removed in front of the wreckage in Adıyaman said: “A city was destroyed. We have 80-90 thousand deaths in the center. There is no government, no electricity, no water, no natural gas, no food."
Where were the earthquake taxes of the people spent?
Stating that it is necessary to ask where the 88 billion 240 million TL obtained from earthquake taxes and the 4.5 trillion budget to be used for 2023 in Turkey spent, Employment Specialist Sinan Ok said that these resources were spent on war, rent and the Palace.
Third day of the earthquake: The overall death toll is 6 thousand 234
While the death toll continues to rise in two major earthquakes in Maraş, thousands of people are still under the rubble. The people, who spent the night on the streets in the earthquake area reported by our reporters, condemned the government and the authorities that they could not get support from.
State of Emergency decision in the Official Gazette
The State of Emergency decision taken by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was published in the Official Gazette.
Investigation against journalists after the state of emergency
An investigation was launched against journalists Merdan Yanardağ and Enver Aysever on the grounds of their statements about the earthquake.
Tayip Temel: Government turns the disaster into an opportunity with the state of emergency
Stating that the government, which has not been able to reach the earthquake zones for 48 hours, is trying to camouflage its incompetence with the State of Emergency, HDP Co-Chairperson Tayip Temel said: "The government is trying to turn the earthquake disaster into an opportunity.
After 36 hours, search and rescue team is at the wreckage
Although it has been a long time since the earthquake in Sergolan district, for the first time a team started search and rescue work in a heavily damaged structure.
State of Emergency declared in 10 provinces of earthquake zone
Following the earthquake from the State Information Coordination Center, President Erdoğan announced that a State of Emergency decision was taken for the earthquake zone.
Search and rescue efforts in Iskenderun started after 30 hours
In Iskenderun, where many buildings were destroyed after the earthquake, search and rescue efforts were started approximately 30 hours later. The bodies pulled from the rubble are kept on the street.
No team, no news from districts and villages
While the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake in Maraş is approaching 4 thousand, there are still thousands of people under the rubble in 10 cities. While search and installation teams still do not go to hundreds of areas destroyed in the earthquake, no news can be received from the villages.
Entrance to Maraş, Hatay and Adıyaman been stopped
Vice President Fuat Oktay announced that vehicle entry to Mereş, Hatay and Semsûr has been stopped for 48 hours.
Request for help from under the rubble in Adıyaman
Cries for help are rising from under the rubble in Adıyaman, one of the cities most damaged by the earthquake. In the city, where no aid has yet arrived, the people are trying to save their relatives with their own means.
Condemnation the claim of Erdoğan that 'AFAD has arrived': They took a picture and left
A citizen who participated in HaberTürk's live broadcast from the wreckage area condemned AKP President Erdoğan's claim that "AFAD has arrived" and said: "They are lying, they took a picture and left".
After the earthquake in Çukurova: There is no state
In many cities of Çukurova, where destruction was experienced after the earthquake, the people spent the night on the streets. In cities where aid and search and rescue teams did not go, citizens tried to save the people under the rubble by their own means.
The second day of the earthquake: Public condemned government
While the loss of life is increasing day by day in two major earthquakes in Mereş, thousands of people are still waiting to be rescued under the rubble. The people who spent the night on the street in the earthquake area reported by our reporters are against the government.