Kahramanmaraş

The state of emergency declared after the earthquakes in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş will end on May 9, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman for Election Affairs Ali İhsan Yavuz said on May 4 in a televised interview.

The Suna's Girls (Suna'nın Kızları) initiative of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation is establishing a children's center in the quake-hit southern province of Kahramanmaraş's Pazarcık district to create safe places for children.

The Turkish State Meteorological Service has declared a "yellow alert" warning for 16 provinces, warning citizens to be careful and cautious against the possibilities of floods, lightning, landslides, and strong winds.

One person died and 50 were injured in a tornado that broke out in the city of Pazarcik (Kahramanmaras province, Southeastern Turkey), Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, quoted by BTA.

Pazarcik was also the epicenter of the first destructive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on February 6 in Turkey.

A construction worker residing in the quake-hit southern province of Kahramanmaraş makes a living by collecting the iron pieces left from the debris.

In Kahramanmaraş, the epicenter of the devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes, the work to remove the debris continues uninterruptedly.

Almost two months after the devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes that hit the country's south, earthquake survivors who had migrated to different provinces have begun to return to their hometowns.

More than 8,000 truckloads of debris are being carried every day in the quake-hit province of Hatay's Antakya and Defne district, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has stated.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on March 27 that they will complete the permanent residences in the earthquake region within a year and build 14,600 small industrial shops and deliver them to the tradesmen, craftsmen and operators in quake-hit regions.

Türkiye's cross-border incursions into Syria and Iraq have put pressure and immobilized the illegal PKK group and these operations will continue, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 23.

Exactly 46 days after the devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes, the first foundations for new housing in the affected provinces were laid on March 23.