Our nation has displayed the solidarity of the century in the face of the disaster of the century

 

Speaking at AK Party’s Parliamentary Group Meeting, President Erdoğan said: “We have formed a fast and effective organization to meet the food and accommodation needs of our 14 million citizens, whose houses in our 11 provinces most affected by the quakes were either collapsed or became unusable, or who cannot stay in their houses due to the aftershocks. May our nation be blessed, they have displayed the solidarity of the century in the face of the disaster of the century.”

President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the party’s group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (GNAT).

Recalling that Türkiye had woken up to the biggest disaster of its last century on February 6, President Erdoğan noted that the country had been caught in the quakes under harsh winter conditions, and said: “Despite all this, we as the state and the nation rushed to the earthquake zone once we received the reports of the disaster, overcoming the difficulties caused by the destruction and winter. Our ministers reached our quake-hit provinces after a few hours from the disaster, and started to coordinate the works. We supported the local capacity in the region with our governors and district governors from other provinces, and with the personnel of the units working on site.”

“We have formed a fast and effective organization to meet the food and accommodation needs of our 14 million citizens, whose houses in our 11 provinces most affected by the quakes were either collapsed or became unusable, or who cannot stay in their houses due to the aftershocks. May our nation be blessed, they have displayed the solidarity of the century in the face of the disaster of the century. We have made the earthquake zone livable with hundreds of thousands of tons of goods that came from across our country and abroad.”