Dissatisfaction with the Turkish government runs high three weeks after the deadly earthquake in southeastern Turkey.
This is also noted in the percentages of the party of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the ALF company survey, the percentages after deadly earthquakes are as follows:
– Popular Alliance (Erdogan – Bahtceli) 35.1%
– National Alliance (Kilicdaroglu-Aksener) 47.6%
– pro-Kurdish HDP 9.8%.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan apologized for the delay in rescue operations and providing aid to residents of Antiyaman province, one of the most affected Turkish provinces by the devastating February 6 earthquake.
"Due to the destructiveness of the tremors and bad weather conditions, for many days we could not work as we wanted in Antijaman. I apologize for this," the Turkish president said during his visit to the province, three weeks after the earthquake that killed more than 44,000 people in Turkey and also affected Syria.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has rocked southern Turkey since February 6 has caused more than $34 billion in damage, the World Bank said in an assessment today. (PT).
This amount is equal to 4% of the country's GDP in 2021, the World Bank clarifies, noting that this estimate does not take into account the costs of reconstruction, "potentially double", nor the consequences for future Turkish development. The World Bank recalls that the aftershocks that continue to occur risk increasing the total amount of damage caused by the disaster. It also does not take into account the damage caused in northern Syria, where earthquakes also caused thousands of deaths and extensive damage.
The latest 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's Malatya province today, causing buildings to collapse, killing one person and injuring dozens.
"This disaster reminds us that Turkey is located in an area with high seismic activity and that it is necessary to strengthen the stability of private and public infrastructure. The World Bank is committed to supporting Turkish efforts in this direction," said Hiberto Lopez, director of the World Bank's Turkey branch. The foundation also clarifies that assessments of recent aftershocks are still ongoing.
About 10,000 aftershocks have occurred since February 6 in Turkey, according to the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD). In total, the recent earthquakes have killed more than 44,000 people in the south and southeast of the country, according to the latest official count.
The February 6 earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, destroyed and severely damaged more than 170,000 buildings in eleven provinces of the country and also struck northern Syria. The affected Turkish provinces, among the country's poorest, have also hosted more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees, the World Bank said.