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The sale of tents, which ignited public anger during the Feb. 6 earthquakes, will be suspended in times of disaster, the head of the Turkish Red Crescent has announced.

Panagiotis Drakopoulos crafts handmade leather goods at his workshop on Romvis Street, in downtown Athens. A team of scientists from the National Technical University of Athens have launched an initiative to create circular economy synergies between the last surviving productive enterprises that maintain their headquarters in the center of Athens, and introduce them to green innovation.

With the construction of permanent housing in earthquake-hit provinces, especially Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Malatya, and Adıyaman, concluding swiftly as part of the rehabilitation efforts, survivors living in tents are gradually being relocated to permanent houses and container cities.

A retired British soldier has been deeply moved by the compassionate gesture of children who bid him farewell with flowers and gifts as he was preparing to leave following the completion of his duty as a kitchen manager at a tent city in the quake-hit province of Hatay.

Despite witnessing the quakes only a day after bagging medals, four young athletes from the southern province of Adıyaman did not lose heart and now continue to train in the tent city established around the track they used to practice on to fulfill their dreams.

In the aftermath of the disastrous quakes, Türkiye's leading defense company Aselsan has established a tent city with a 600-people capacity in Hatay with its own cold and heat-resistant tents.

Healthcare workers are on duty at the tent city, which has kindergartens, laundry and shower facilities.

The deadly Feb. 6 quakes in Türkiye's south have brought misery and sadness in unmeasurable ways, with women, who are hardly able to meet their basic needs while living in the tent cities, feeling an extra burden of staying strong for their children.

With Türkiye battling to support quake-stricken people in the south, concerns over public health and safety are rising, as experts warn tent cities must meet cleanliness criteria and should not be established haphazardly or else a potential health risk is on the horizon.

The camping sites in Istanbul, which offer an alternative vacation in tents with "fair prices," have become a new trend in the metropolis, with people flocking to the sites in the districts of Şile, Çatalca and Sarıyer.

"The occupancy rate of the camping sites in Istanbul has reached 80 percent for the Eid holiday next week," Demirören News Agency reported on April 29.

With the efforts of a photographer who started a social media campaign to raise money, a family living in a shabby-looking tent has now found a home in Turkey's southern province of Adana.

After moving to Adana from the southeastern province of Diyarbakır in 2015, a couple, Nevzat Gezici and Gile Gezici, along with their children, started to live in a tent.