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“We are planning to revive our villages within a year”

Delivering remarks in the earthquake-hit Osmaniye, President Erdoğan said: “We are planning to revive our villages within a year, just like our cities. We will build a total of 70 thousand houses in our villages together with their stables, gardens and parks, in accordance with their original architecture, and will deliver them to their owners.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli paid a visit to the earthquake-hit Osmaniye. Making a speech during the visit, President Erdoğan noted that the 6.4 and 5.8-magnitude earthquakes yesterday caught him and Mr. Bahçeli in Kahramanmaraş,...

Messages of support and condolences continue to pour in from around the world

Disaster relief in kind and cash continue to pour in from around the world for those devastated by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centred in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, affecting 11 provinces. Relief in kind and cash continues to pour in from many countries, including USA, Uganda, United Arab Emirates (UAE), NATO, France, Somalia, Qatar, Malaysia, Ukraine, Ghana, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina for the victims of the earthquakes, which are described as the 'disaster of the century'. Some of the aid focuses on the reconstruction of the region, while others promote the employment of earthquake victims in disaster-affected areas. In addition to...

“We will be taking in March the first step to build 200 thousand houses in the 11 provinces”

Delivering remarks during a visit to the earthquake-hit Kahramanmaraş, President Erdoğan said: “We are about to take concrete steps regarding permanent houses. We will break ground and begin building 45,067 houses in Kahramanmaraş in March. We will be taking in March the first step to build 200 thousand houses in the 11 provinces.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli were briefed on the continuing search and rescue, as well as relief efforts in the earthquake-hit Kahramanmaraş. Speaking to reporters in Kahramanmaraş, President Erdoğan pointed out that 10 thousand container houses have already been erected...

“We will revive all our cities”

Speaking at AFAD Coordination Center in Hatay, President Erdoğan, as regards the 10 provinces that the latest two earthquakes had hit, said: “We will revive all our cities with their houses, workplaces, industries, agriculture, historical and cultural values, not allowing the slightest regression or the slightest neglect.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered remarks following the meeting held at the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) Coordination Center in Hatay. Earlier in the day President Erdoğan and Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli visited the earthquake-hit sites in Hatay. Afterwards, President Erdoğan met with...

President Erdoğan in quake-hit Hatay

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left for Hatay to assess the damage caused by the Kahramanmaraş-centred earthquakes. Following his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Esenboğa Airport, President Erdoğan boarded a plane bound for Hatay. On his visit, President Erdoğan is accompanied by the Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli. After completing inspections in Hatay, President Erdoğan will also oversee the situation in Kahramanmaraş.

President Erdoğan receives U.S. State Secretary Blinken

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/142998/president-erdogan-receives-u-s-state-secretary-blinken

Messages of support and condolences for disaster in Türkiye continue to pour in from different countries and organizations around the world

Disaster relief continues to pour into Türkiye from different countries and organizations around the world for the victims of the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that struck Kahramanmaraş and affected 10 provinces. The United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Germany, Bahrain, Palestine, Iraq, Qatar, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen and Greece, which have so far supplied various aid to Türkiye for the survivors of the earthquakes, described as the ‘disaster of the century', maintained their assistance today. In addition, the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, and Arab Non-Governmental Organizations have also supported...

International disaster support continues to pour into Türkiye

Numerous countries continue to provide Türkiye with support for those devastated by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centred in Kahramanmaraş, affecting 10 provinces. The cash aid raised during the donation campaign organised in the United Arab Emirates and the in-kind aid from Ecuador has arrived in Türkiye today for the survivors of the earthquakes described as the "disaster of the century." In addition, President Milo Đukanović of Montenegro, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania, Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and Head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh conveyed their condolences to President Erdo...

President Erdoğan meets with PM Dbeibeh of Libya

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh of the Government of National Unity of Libya at Vahdettin Mansion in İstanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/142992/president-erdogan-meets-with-pm-dbeibeh-of-libya