A citizen waiting for the search and rescue teams in Adana, where the earthquake caused destruction, looks at the feet of his mother, who died under the rubble for 3 days.
Condemning the pressure on journalists that was blocked with the state of emergency declared in the cities affected by the earthquake, IGC President Dilek Gappi said: "The first duty of the press is to point out what is wrong on behalf of the public and to reflect the situation and expectations of the people in an objective way."
It turned out that the AFAD officers who arrived 36 hours later in Adıyaman, where the search and rescue teams were insufficient, were untrained people dressed in "volunteer" shirts.
It has been stated that AFAD has not started a search and rescue operation in the Keferdız District of Nurdağı district, which has a population of 3 thousand, although 4 days have passed since the earthquake.
It was learned that MA reporter Mehmet Güleş was detained together with the volunteer during an interview where he criticized the rescue efforts of a volunteer who participated in the search and rescue efforts.
Three people lost their lives in the incident that the prisoners in Hatay Type T Closed Prison revolted and suppressed with the intervention of the soldiers.
Speaking during the HDP delegation's visit to the wrecked Nurdağı, citizens said: "The search and rescue team did not arrive and their rescue efforts are insufficient."
Police asked the journalists who were detained while they were following the news stories in the earthquake area, "Why did you come here?".
Netblocks announced that after the earthquakes, the vitally important social media platform Twitter was restricted in Turkey.
Minister of Transport Adil Karaismailoğlu and Governor Mahmut Çuhadar, who were condemned by citizens who are waiting desperately in the earthquake area in Adıyaman, left the area.
Professional organizations condemning the prevention of journalists working in earthquake areas said: "The right of People to be informed cannot be prevented."
MA reporter Mahmut Altıntaş and Mehmet Güleş, who was reporting news stories in earthquake areas, and JINNEWS reporter Sema Çağlak were detained.
Enes Gündüz, who was waiting for hopeful news from the Gündüz family, who is under rubble of the Galeria Business Center in Amed, said: “The rescue teams are very few, the cranes are in trouble, whatever concrete piece they touch is stuck, their ropes break. The pro-media is reporting false news.”
Those who lost their lives and were injured under the rubble in Adıyaman are held waiting in the corridors of the city's only hospital that provides services.
The State of Emergency decision covering 10 cities affected by the earthquake in Kurdistan was presented to the Parliament.