While history, culture and state were left under the rubble in Hatay, which experienced great destruction in the earthquake, civil society and citizen solidarity that came to the aid of earthquake victims became hope for the future.
Stating that the people were mobilized for the earthquake victims from the first day, HDP Istanbul Provincial Co-Chair Ferhat Encu said: “We understood from the anger and reaction of the people that the state and the government were buried under the rubble. You cannot save your reputation under the rubble with populist, mise-en-scene games.”
6 of the 10 people who were tradesmen in the İskenderun Flea Market and who were detained as a result of a tip-off and subjected to police torture were arrested.
HDP Diyarbakır Crisis Coordination Center drew attention to the fact that the government, which does not want to find a solution to the devastation after the earthquake, is trying to displace people to provinces such as Antalya and Muğla in a way that will change the demographic structure, and called for increased solidarity against this.
Volunteer Deniz İnce, who went from Kuşadası to the earthquake base Pazarcık, said that aid could not reach the Alevi-Kurdish villages due to the obstacles of AFAD and Kızılay.
AFAD announced that the death toll in Maraş which is the epicenter of earthquakes rose to 40,642.
Earthquake victims, who had to stay in schools and dormitories, are expelled by saying "your houses are undamaged" before any damage can be determined.
SDF stated that 2 ISIS members were killed in the operation they carried out in the east of Derazor.
While the cemetery in İslahiye shows the extent of the destruction, hundreds of people were buried in two separate areas of the cemetery.
Announcing the end of search and rescue activities in 7 destroyed buildings in Diyarbakır, AFAD did not share information about those who lost their lives or were injured.
It has been stated that the prisoners who were referring from Maraş to Samsun were tortured until they passed out by taking off their clothes on the way from the ring vehicle.
Stating that the government declared a state of emergency in 10 cities affected by the earthquake in order to prevent reactions against him, KESK Co-Chair Mehmet Bozgeyik said: "The state of emergency brought impunity and should be lifted."
ASTA President Kenan Yıldız, who warned against asbestos used in buildings destroyed in the earthquake, stated that besides asbestos, silicon, lead, PCB, electronic wastes, destruction in sewer systems, mold and fungi in buildings will also cause serious health problems.
In the town of Pazarcık, the epicenter of the earthquake, there is a need for feed and shelter for animals left outside due to the destruction of barns.
Nazım Portakal, who was rescued from the rubble on the 3rd day of the earthquake in Adıyaman, said that AFAD, who came late to rescue him, left before he could save one of his jammed legs and that the teams from Spain rescued him.