Izmir Metropolitan Municipality delivers hot meals, supplies and various necessities with 7 vehicles every day to the central and mountain villages of Adıyaman, where bread production stopped due to the earthquake disaster. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Adıyaman Disaster Coordinator Ekrem Tükenmez stated that aid is of vital importance in a region where even money does not pass, and said, “We will reach all villages without missing a beat.”
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality did not leave the villages of Adıyaman alone, where the 6 February earthquake caused heavy destruction. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Disaster Coordination Unit, which was established in Adıyaman center, brought hot food, supplies, hygiene packages, feed and veterinary services to mountain villages where destruction was experienced, as well as aid in the center.
7-course meal service to the villages with 3 vehicles
Established in the coordination unit in Adıyaman Yenimahalle, the city, where almost no business is open, including a soup kitchen, restaurant, market and bakery, offers hot meals at noon and in the evening to 3 earthquake victims every day. While the prepared meals are distributed to the earthquake victims in the tent cities, 500 soup kitchens serve to deliver 7 kinds of food to the villages every day.
Hope Movement's help in the mountain villages of Adıyaman
In addition to the hot food, 2 food and hygiene packages, blankets, sleeping bags, mobile generators, heaters, winter clothes, tents and beds were sent to the villages of Adıyaman within the scope of donations made by the Hope Movement from all over Turkey and the aid provided by volunteers in İzmir. sent. One truck of drinking water support was provided to places with drinking water problems.
“We are in an era where money does not pass”
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Egeşehir Building Planning Inc. Ekrem Tükenmez, General Manager and Adıyaman Disaster Coordination Unit Coordinator, said, “There is something fundamental that we saw after the earthquake; There is no point where the money can be spent. We are in an era where money does not pass. That's why people can't buy anything even if they have money. Therefore, meeting the needs of these people is our priority. The most important of these are food and shelter. While we work to solve the housing problem, we also try to ensure the continuity of food. We distribute the hot food we buy from our soup kitchen in the villages with 7 mobile vehicles. In addition to the food, we deliver food and hygiene packages," he said.
“We will reach all the villages without missing”
Ekrem Tükenmez said, “We have reached all the central villages of Adıyaman. But the needs are increasing. We will continue to increase our aid. While we are reaching the villages in the center of Adıyaman, we are working to ensure that our aid goes to the inaccessible villages in the other surrounding districts.”
Earthquake survivor health and veterinary support
Ekrem Tükenmez, who stated that they continue to support animal husbandry in rural areas as well as food and food support, said, “We are in cooperation with Adıyaman Medical Chamber on the health of our earthquake victims. We deliver the data we receive from the villages to them. We are also trying to make a due diligence with our veterinarians in our villages. We are walking around our villages one by one. We are trying to provide support for feed and animal health according to their needs.”
“The first Izmir Metropolitan Municipality came”
Earthquake survivor Mehmet Çoktaşer from Adıyaman Ahmethoca Village said, “A very severe earthquake occurred at 4 am. There are 40 deaths in our village of 20 houses. They first came to us from Izmir Metropolitan Municipality as food materials, they did not come from anywhere else. God bless everyone. They set up a kitchen in Adıyaman, two meals a day. We are very happy with our friends. They treat us very well. They help us with anything we want,” he said.