The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced that the death toll from the earthquakes that struck the southeast of the country has risen to 38,044, while search operations continue, as relief teams managed to rescue a child from under the rubble 260 hours after the earthquakes occurred.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced on Thursday evening that the death toll from the earthquakes that struck the southeast of the country has risen to 38,044.
In a statement, AFAD indicated that the region witnessed 4,734 aftershocks following the earthquake.
The statement pointed out that 29,160 rescuers continue search and relief work in the region, supported by 11,488 rescuers from other countries.
He added that the total number of relief crews, volunteers and others in the earthquake zones amounts to more than 264,000 people.
Search and rescue operations are also being carried out with the support of 121 helicopters and 78 aircraft, which act as an "air bridge" in transporting personnel and supplies, in addition to 26 ships that perform the same function.
The statement confirmed the establishment of more than 172,000 tents to temporarily house the earthquake victims in the region, with psychological support being provided to 498,225 earthquake survivors.
In a related context, the search for survivors under the rubble continues, as relief teams were able to rescue a child from under the rubble of his house, Thursday evening, 260 hours after the earthquake occurred in the south of the country.
According to the Anatolia correspondent, the rescue team was able to extract the child Osman Halabiya (12 years old) in the Akinci neighborhood of Hatay state from under the rubble of his house.
The medical staff in the area transferred the child to the hospital for treatment.
On February 6, two earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, the first measuring 7.7 and the second 7.6 degrees, and hundreds of violent aftershocks, which left great losses in lives and property in both countries.
More than 171,000 people have been displaced as a result of the earthquake in Syria, and the number of deaths exceeds 6,000
A Syrian humanitarian organization expressed its dissatisfaction with the delay and insufficient assistance of the United Nations, while the earthquake that struck the northwest of the country a week ago caused the displacement of more than 171,000 people, in addition to thousands of deaths and injuries.
A Syrian humanitarian organization reported that no less than 171,843 people have been displaced in northwestern Syria as a result of the earthquakes that occurred last week, centered in southern Turkey, and killed about 6,000 people in Syria, including 4,400 in the northwestern regions.
The Syrian Response Coordination Committee said in a statement yesterday, Thursday, that "United Nations aid is still within the minimum limits, as only 114 trucks arrived in one week, 93% of which came through the Bab al-Hawa crossing, despite the opening of two additional crossings."
"An additional 24 international trucks are expected to enter through the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salama crossings," it added.
The organization spoke of "general dissatisfaction in the region with the delay in the arrival of humanitarian aid from the United Nations," noting that the UN aid "did not exceed 25% of the total aid that entered northwest Syria."
The organization criticized the "great politicization" of incoming humanitarian aid, especially international ones, as well as directing large amounts of relief to regime-controlled areas, which received "90% of the aid for the earthquake victims."
The number of earthquake victims in Syria has so far reached about 6,000, including 4,400 in the opposition-held north-west. This toll is likely to rise as rescue crews continue to remove rubble in the affected areas.
Earlier Thursday, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, Muhannad Hadi, said that nearly 4.1 million people need aid in northwestern Syria.
He warned that "the devastation left by this earthquake does not give us much hope that this will be the end of it," noting that even before the earthquakes, about 4.1 million people were in need of assistance in northwestern Syria, and many of them had already been displaced and are now homeless or displaced. once again.
"I can assure you that we did everything we could from the start," the UN official said.
He explained, "We asked everyone to put people's interests first, we asked them not to politicize the humanitarian situation, and to focus on our support to reach people."
On February 6, two earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, the first measuring 7.7 and the second 7.6 degrees, and hundreds of violent aftershocks, which left great losses in lives and property in both countries.
"We will not stand by." A Palestinian company sends dates to the earthquake zone in Turkey
A Palestinian company producing dates sent 15,600 tons to Turkey to help those affected by the earthquakes that struck Kahramanmaraş.
Activities continue throughout occupied Palestine with the aim of solidarity and assistance to the Turkish citizens who were affected by the earthquakes that struck 11 provinces in the southeast of the country, the center of which was the regions of Bazarjik and Al-Bustan in Kahramanmaraş.
In addition to sending search and rescue teams to the earthquake-hit areas, Palestine is trying to support the victims by performing funeral prayers in their absence and supplications after each prayer, in addition to in-kind and cash assistance.
For its part, a company producing Palestinian dates sent about 15,600 kilograms of dates to deliver them to earthquake zones in Turkey.
Mahdi Adass, owner of the Ramallah-based company, told Anadolu Agency that they expect the container loaded with dates to arrive at the port of Mersin today (Thursday).
"We couldn't stand and watch."
Adass expressed how much the Palestinians love Turkey, and said, "We try to do our best at the time of the earthquake, even if it is simple. The conditions here are also difficult, but we could not stand idly by and watch. We performed this work in coordination with our ambassador in Ankara, Mr. Fayed Mustafa, and we hope send more."
Referring to the nutritional value of dates, Adass said: "It was an important food item for times such as wars and disasters throughout history. Because if you send rice or meat, there are no cooking conditions, no gas and electricity in the region. But dates and milk contain all the nutrients a person needs." So I thought dates would be the most useful thing, giving strength to the search and rescue teams working day and night.”
"Our parents taught us to compete to do good, not to own cars or homes," he added.
The Palestinian businessman wished mercy for those who lost their lives in Turkey and Syria as a result of the earthquakes, and a speedy recovery for the injured.
Somalia launches campaigns to "return the favor" to earthquake victims in loyalty to the Turkish people
Despite the tight hand and successive crises on them, the Somalis tried as much as possible to express their loyalty towards the brotherly Turkish people, who are facing one of the biggest disasters in decades, so they launched official and popular initiatives to collect in-kind and material donations, to support Turkey in facing the disaster.
In solidarity with those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey, Somalis launched official and popular initiatives to collect in-kind and material donations, to return the favor to the Turkish people who provided assistance to Somalia in its humanitarian and security ordeal.
The response efforts of the Somali people included all levels, official and popular, in addition to the efforts of community organizations that launched campaigns to save those affected by the earthquakes.
beautiful comment
On the official level, Somali Minister of Justice Hassan Muallem said, "The committee formed by the Prime Minister (Hamza Abdi Berri) came under the directives of the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, to stand by the brotherly Turkish people and return the favor."
On Wednesday, the Somali Prime Minister announced the formation of a national ministerial committee to support those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey, stressing in a statement that Somalia's "government and people stand by the Turkish people, as a beautiful response."
Muallem added, "The Turkish people gave a lot to the Somalis in their most difficult times, and the favor must be returned, at least in this difficult time that the people in Turkey are going through."
A number of official and private institutions organized memorial sessions for the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey, including the municipality of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on February 9, and Mogadishu University (private), on the 11th of the same month.
Turkey is at the forefront of countries supporting Somalia during its security and humanitarian crises, the latest of which was sending medicines and doctors to treat the injured in the Zubi intersection bombing in the capital, last October, which killed more than 100 people.
symbolic support
In addition to the work of the National Committee to support those affected by the earthquake in Turkey, institutional and individual initiatives continue to collect donations and provide assistance to their brothers in Turkey.
The Zamzam Charitable Foundation (non-governmental), the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu, handed over a check of $50,000 to participate in supporting the Turkish people who were affected by the earthquake disaster.
The Foundation's Director General, Omar Jameh, said, "The consequences of the earthquakes that the Turkish people are facing is very painful," noting that their donations are "just a symbolic amount through which we seek to express our solidarity with the Turkish government and people."
Jameh added to Anadolu Agency: "We know that the needs of the Turkish people are many in this case, and we, as the Somali people, want to provide everything in our power as a beautiful response to the Turkish people who stood by our side in adversity."
For its part, the Association of Somali Graduates in Turkish Universities launched a campaign of financial donations to help the earthquake victims.
Yassin Ibrahim, a member of the association, told Anadolu Agency: "We benefited from Turkish scholarships, and we studied at Turkish universities for free, amidst a welcome from the Turkish brothers, so we have to return the favor to the Turkish people, and offer them something that reflects at least our solidarity."
He indicated that he donated half of his salary to the fundraising campaign launched by the Union of Turkish University Graduates, as an expression of his support and standing by the "brotherly Turkish people."
The earthquake in Turkey created a state of widespread sympathy among Somalis, especially through social media platforms, between an expression of solidarity by supplication and supplication to God, and an exhortation to the people and the government to take action to support their Turkish brothers