While the search and rescue teams continued fighting yesterday in extremely adverse conditions in Turkey And SyriaAs lucky breaks in the recovery of survivors from the rubble become increasingly rare, the death toll from the quakes passed two tragic milestones on Monday. Last night, the official death toll topped 20,000, and a new tragedy surpassed the great 1999 earthquake in northwest Turkey and the horrific nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011. , thousands of people who lost their homes or were afraid to enter them because of the damage, tried to keep warm by the fires and struggled to get food and water. So far, it has been determined that about 6,500 houses have collapsed.

To solve the problem, the government is camping in stadiums and squares and urging hoteliers to open two months earlier to accommodate families. This has already happened in hotels in Marmaris, Antalya, Izmir, Cappadocia and other places.

The death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has exceeded the sad mark of 20,000 people.

In addition, the government provided beds in government and student hostels for earthquake victims. According to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, 15,729 people have already been accommodated in dormitories, hostels and hotels. For its part, the civil protection service said that more than 110,000 search and rescue services are fighting the ruins, and more than 5,500 pieces of equipment – cranes, bulldozers, tractors, excavators – have arrived in the affected areas. Angry voices are still heard in some areas against the authorities because of delays in the provision of assistance, and the opposition accuses the government of incompetence in failing to take the necessary preventive measures during its 20 years in power.

Responding to his critics from the province of Hatay, one of the areas tested by Enceladus, Tayyip Erdogan stated that “we could not prepare for such a disaster”, assured that “we will not leave any of our citizens without care.” and announced that every family affected by the earthquake would receive immediate relief of £10,000 (about €500). The government’s decision to ban citizens from Twitter for 12 hours, from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning, also sparked protests. The Turkish president’s public relations director said the decision was prompted by incidents of misinformation. Turkish media talk about attempts by fraudsters to misuse citizens’ money, pretending to collect it to help victims of the earthquake.