MARAŞ - Residents of Davutlar Neighborhood, who woke up in the village cemetery for 8 days after the earthquake, dug up their relatives from the wreckage with the construction equipment they rented and buried them.

 

In Davutlar, a rural neighborhood of the Pazarcık district of Maraş which is the epicenter of the earthquake, 46 of 48 houses either collapsed or were severely damaged. 65 people who survived the earthquake were sheltered by tents set up in the garden of the cemevi by 5 young people. While 5 young people from the same neighborhood saved many living things with their own means, the bodies of 8 people who could not be removed from the wreckage were buried after being removed with a construction machine brought from Narlı Mahallesi. The surviving neighborhood residents spent the first 8 days and nights after the earthquake in the cemetery where they laid to rest their relatives.

 

DOĞANLI LOST HIS WIFE AND 5 RELATIVES

 

Mehmet Doğanlı, who was removed from the wreckage with injuries, lost his wife and 5 relatives in the earthquake. Doğanlı stated that he was saved after a week with the efforts of the young people in the neighborhood.

 

EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS LIVED IN THE CEMETERY FOR 8 DAYS

 

Stating that the young people of the neighborhood rescued 5 people from the wreckage they broke with sledgehammers, Ali Hazır said that they dug the deceased from the wreckage with the money paid by their relatives and buried them with construction machinery rented.

 

Stating that they spent the morning of the earthquake in front of the cemevi, Hazır described what he experienced afterwards as follows: “It was snowing and raining. One of our villagers had built a 20, 30 meters long and 6, 7 meters wide roof in the cemetery. By laying tarps around the roof, we took our big stoves in the cemetery and installed them. We all lived our lives wrapped in chairs and blankets for 8 days. Aid started to arrive on the 3rd day. There was no help from the governor's office. Afterwards, the gendarmerie who knew us sent small aids. Apart from that, the aid sent always came from abroad. There are also donations sent by municipalities and volunteers. But there is no help sent directly by the governorship and district governorship.”

 

MA / Dilgeş Ruvanas