Ferhat Pala, a member of HDP Youth Council, who participated in relief efforts in the areas after the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes in Maraş, said: “People were hungry and thirsty in desperation. There was no one other than HDP and NGOs.”
There is rebellion and pain in the family home of the mother and two children, who were left in the rubble of the destroyed building in Elbistan. Hacı Terzi, who lost his daughter and two grandchildren, said: “ We were waiting for someone to save them, but they left under the rubble and froze to death."
Stating that an aid campaign has been launched for the earthquake victims, TAJÊ Diplomacy member Suham Şengalî said: "Those who came here to save the Ezidis in the massacre were the sons of Bakur Kurdistan and Rojava Kurdistan. Now it's our turn to cooperate."
Noting that the government and AFAD took late action after the Pazarcık district of Maraş-epicentered earthquakes, TMMOB underlined that the first critical day and a half were lost in search and rescue efforts.
It has been learned that 17 people are still under the rubble in a destroyed building in Yağmur Sitesi in İbrahimli district of Gaziantep.
The Spanish search and rescue team, which left Turkey, said: "The government has decided to remove the wreckage with construction equipment. "Such a thing means a lot of people die, we will not be a part of it."
Journalists imprisoned in Sincan Prison expressed their condolences for those who lost their lives in the earthquake and said: "Our call is that journalists should report news for the benefit of society."
It drew attention to the effort of the soldiers to save the money box near the people waiting for help under the rubble in Adıyaman.
Şenses family of 5 people in Bulam Town lives in the barn with their animals since they are not provided with tents.
While there is not a single house left intact in the Çığlık Mahallesi of Doğanşehir district, which was destroyed by the earthquake, Mehmet Avşar, who is left outside, said: “We have a kitchen outside, we stay there. Neither state officials nor AFAD teams came in any way."
Journalist Zekeriya Şêxo, who stated that the aid sent by the Autonomous Administration to the Şêxmeqsud and Eşrefiye neighborhoods of Aleppo affected by the earthquake was blocked by the regime and the aid sent to Afrin by Turkey, said that the regime aims to change the demographic structure by displacing the people.
While tents were distributed with torpedoes in some places in the villages and towns of Malatya, which were heavily damaged by the earthquake, a family who could not find a tent in the Savaklı Village had to buy a container for 55 thousand liras.
While some of the tents set up by AFAD in assembly areas of Diyarbkır are allocated to earthquake victims in two, at least 20 people stay in each.
In İslahiye, where there is no trust in the promises made by President Erdogan of AKP, earthquake victims, who can remove their belongings from the destroyed buildings, are leaving the district.
Journalists, who went to the region to announce what happened in the earthquake area in Hatay, drew attention to the obstacles that started with the state of emergency and said: "We will continue to be the voice of the people no matter what happens."