Initially, about 20 children were present on the first day because they were affected by the trauma, but on the second day, a fire was lit in front of their tent and the children were waiting for them, she said, adding that the number of children now has reached almost 700.
"This number is increasing. We're making announcements to encourage families to bring their children. The law enforcement officers here are doing their best they can to ensure the safety of the children," she said.
She asserted that the children have become more relaxed and that they are trying to adapt the children to daily life as quickly as possible through psychological intervention.
"We are also trying to reach adults with traumatic experiences because there is great pain here. We've seen how well solidarity and unity progress in the face of adversity. It's good that our ministry sent us here, and we've done a lot of work," she added.
Adıyaman is one of the cities hardest hit by the strong earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye last week.
On Feb. 6, two massive earthquakes struck southern Türkiye.
The magnitude 7.6 and 7.7 tremors were centered in Kahramanmaraş and hit nine other provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Şanlıurfa.
They also hit several countries and caused widespread destruction in northern Syria.
More than 31,974 people were killed in Türkiye, according to the latest official figures, while the death toll topped 3,600 in Syria.
