After earthquakes in Turkey, it will be necessary to urgently demolish 50.5 thousand buildings.
This was in an interview with Yeni şafak by the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Change in Turkish Climate Murat Kurum.
According to him, instead of these buildings, new ones will be built.
Kurum noted that most of the buildings that were falling as a result of the earthquakes were built before the previous disaster in 1999. Houses collapsed due to soil problems, engineering communications and soil thinning, he explained.
He also said that now it is necessary to find out and explain why in the same area where the earthquakes occurred, some buildings collapsed, and others did not.
The 1999 earthquake in Turkey claimed the lives of 18 thousand people. After this disaster, the government of the country decided to tighten the rules of construction in seismic zones.
The head of the department emphasized that the Turkish authorities continue to work in the framework of toughened rules, given the needs of the city, both with a ground examination and in determining new places for construction.
Kurum specified that the authorities plan to complete most of the damage assessment in the province of Gaziantep within 3 days, and an assessment of damage throughout Turkey – within a week.
The minister added that Afterchoki in the southeast of Turkey continues so far.