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Over 50,000 buildings destroyed or heavily damaged: Türkiye

All of these risky buildings need to be demolished urgently, the country's Ministry of Urban Planning says in a report. Authorities have so far inspected more than 387,000 buildings across the 10 quake-hit south-eastern provinces.

Published 15.02.2023 15:15
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The city of Gaziantep has the highest number of buildings that need to be urgently demolished with nearly 12,000, followed by 10,911 in Hatay and 10,777 in Kahramanmaraş, the report says.

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The quakes were followed by 3,858 aftershocks since February 6, 38 of them over magnitude 5, disaster authority AFAD says separately. It urges locals to stay away from damaged buildings.

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