Turkey Rest Assured Of The 30 Thousand Houses That Were Destroyed By The Earthquake

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JAKARTA - Turkey will start massive constructions throughout the region after the great earthquake that hit. No less than 30 thousand will be rebuilt in 10 cities.

This was conveyed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reporters after a cabinet meeting at the headquarters of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) in the capital Ankara. Erdogan said the reconstruction would begin as soon as search and rescue efforts were completed and debris cleared.

"Tukri will continue the search and rescue efforts until the last survivors are pulled from the collapsed building," Erdogan said as quoted by Daily Sabah, Wednesday, February 15.

Erdogan said the house would be built referring to the earthquake's standard of resilience. The agency on duty, TOKI, will ensure that it builds a house as part of a one-year plan.

Meanwhile, the president also said 3,107 aftershocks had occurred since two major earthquakes hit southeast of Tujurkiye on February 6. He recorded the death toll reaching 35,418 people.

More than 105,500 people were rescued from the rubble after the earthquake, while 13,208 people injured in the disaster are still receiving treatment at the hospital. The President noted that 28,000 Turkish soldiers were on duty and 250,000 community personnel made search and rescue efforts in the earthquake zone.

More than 175.000 tents and 5.400 containers have been set up in the earthquake zone to re-impose while earthquake victims whose houses were destroyed by the disaster.