Those who saw the construction as a profit, planted graves for the public.

kahramanmaras Once again it has become clear that we are not prepared for earthquakes. CHP İzmir MP Özcan Purçu told all ministries on November 2, 2022, just 3 months before the earthquake, “71 percent of our population is in danger of an earthquake. What measures have you taken in your ministries and institutions belonging to your ministries? Are your buildings earthquake resistant?” he posed the questions. Responding to questions from 17 ministries, 10 said they were ready. However, when the opposite picture emerged, Purçu made the assessment that “those who saw the rent in the construction erected an apartment, not a residence, but a tomb.”

SCHOOLS, TAX OFFICES DESTROYED

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure said: “Seismic behavior analysis studies are carried out in all our institutions affiliated with our Ministry, and structural reinforcement works are carried out in case the need for reinforcement is determined. There are up-to-date emergency and disaster protection plans,” but the Hatay airport runway collapsed. Ministry of National Education, “From the buildings; Those that are apt to be strengthened are strengthened, those that are technically and economically impossible to strengthen are demolished and new ones are built”, but 26 schools were left in rubble. Despite the statement from the Ministry of Finance, “earthquake resistance tests and reinforcement works of service buildings are carried out according to needs, and the necessary reinforcement investments are made immediately as a result of the analyzes” reported the tax authorities. demolished

Ozcan Purcú

‘The system must be questioned’

Özcan Purçu from CHP said: “The ministries showed everything on paper. The roads that boasted of being built exploded, the buildings collapsed. Public housing collapsed. A hospital disappeared. The newly built airport road was divided. 26 schools were destroyed, dozens of them damaged. Although the most peaceful port of man was his house, unfortunately these houses became his graves because someone’s pocket would be full. It is not enough to arrest the contractors of the destroyed buildings; The system must be questioned,” he said.