How Much and How Much Cash Aid Will Be Provided to Earthquake Victims? President Announced!

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a statement in the tent city of Kahramanmaraş 12 February Stadium. President Erdoğan stated that earthquake victims can stay in contracted hotels in Antalya, Alanya and Mersin, and announced that 10 thousand TL of aid will be provided.

Highlights from Erdogan's statements are as follows:

When Will 10 Thousand TL Assistance Be Given?

President Erdoğan announced that families affected by earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş will immediately receive 10 thousand liras of support. Hopefully, as of now, we will make some preparations and give our support to the families with damage assessments. As of now, we have allocated a certain budget from the Treasury Finance. With this budget, we have planned the amount that will relieve each of our families in this process, as 10 thousand liras, and we will deliver them to the families.”

The Number of Loss of Life in the Earthquake Was 8 thousand 574

“The earthquake disaster struck 10 of our well-known provinces. And the center of these 10 provinces was Kahramanmaraş. We experienced the first step of the earthquake in Kahramanmaraş from here, and after that, this happened in waves in our 10 provinces. As of now, unfortunately, the number of deceased is 8 thousand 574. The number of injured is 49 thousand 133. The number of destroyed buildings is 6 thousand 744.

Accommodation Service for Earthquake Victims

Our work on the wreckage continues. On the one hand, it will begin to carry out debris removal works. Our goal is to carry out these operations in Kahramanmaraş and 9 other provinces in the same way, if we, as TOKİ, immediately carried out these operations in the provinces where we experienced other disasters within a year.

We held meetings with hotels in the future, such as Antalya, Alanya, Mersin. If there are citizens who put their desire to stay in the hotels there, we are ready to place them in the hotels in these cities.

My citizens may not be satisfied with these tents. If they say yes to settle in the hotels here, we will mobilize all our means.