4 magnitude earthquake in Diyarbakır
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- 09:08 22/2/2023
An earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred in the Dicle district of Diyarbakır.
An earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred in the Dicle district of Diyarbakır.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that 6 people lost their lives and 562 people were injured, 18 of them seriously, in the Hatay-centered earthquake.
Stating that fascism against Kurds and their mother tongue emerged once again in the earthquake, NGOs said: "We will fight until Kurdish becomes the official language and the language of education."
HDP filed a criminal complaint regarding police torture against 10 people, including party leaders, in Iskenderun.
The people of Hasanali, whose roads were closed for five days and who spent the first 5 days of the earthquake in a barn, think that they are discriminated against because they are Kurds and Alevis. Citizens who did not receive support left the neighborhood.
Speaking on the 701th day of the sit-in, Ferit Şenyaşar asked: "As long as this injustice continues, who will come to Urfa and demand votes from the people?"
Only one doctor and one nurse provide health services to 9 thousand earthquake victims at the Salih Hayosöz Integrated Health Center, which was opened yesterday in Narlı, one of the places affected by the earthquakes.
Lawyer Mehtap Sert, who visited the prisoners in Iskenderun Type T Closed Prison, said: "Humane treatment is even seen a lot for prisoners who have been traumatized by earthquakes and have not received support, lost their relatives, and were deprived of their right to say goodbye."
Drawing attention to the violence in Hatay, where the wounds of the earthquake are being tried to be healed, ÖHD's Mehdi Zana Akkaya said: “Applications are received regarding the use of force by the gendarmerie and law enforcement against citizens. Political parties and non-governmental organizations need to step in against them."
Stating that the oppression and bans against Kurds and their mother tongue started with the Republic, which was built with a monist understanding, lawyer Cemal Demir said: "The struggle of the Kurds against this ban has always continued in various fields."
Geology Engineer Eyüp Ceyhan stated that the earthquake had fatal consequences due to the improper operation of the control mechanism and zoning amnesties in the cities on the fault line, and listed the precautions to be taken.
6 people lost their lives in the earthquake, the epicenter of which was in Hatay, and 294 people were injured, 18 of them seriously.
Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu announced that 3 people lost their lives and 213 people were injured in the earthquakes that occurred in Hatay.
Our reporters, who reported from Hatay, the epicenter of the earthquake, stated that AFAD received 28 debris reports, 8 injured, and cracks occurred around the Orontes River.
After two earthquakes in Hatay, one after the other. Earth Scientist Prof. Dr. Övgün Ahmet Ercan, who made statements, warned for Palu and Bingöl.