(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more Azerbaijani volunteers have completed the construction of a
headquarters tent and a supply center in the quake-hit Turkish
province of Kahramanmaras, Azernews reports.
They are actively participating in sorting, packaging, and
distributing food in various districts. The volunteers are also
involved in providing mobile phone energy for the local population
and the ones with medical education work in a mobile pharmacy of
the Türkiye Youth Foundation (TUGVA).
Besides, the volunteers dispatch humanitarian aid as part of
TUGVA mobile teams, to nearby villages. They also visited a tent
camp of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD)
with 10,000 earthquake victims, as well as the headquarters of the
Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry, and held meetings with
authorized people.
The TUGVA leadership thanked the volunteers for their
dedication. During the meeting, discussions were held on the
effective coordination of activities between the Azerbaijani and
Turkish volunteers.
Moreover, professional psychologists from Azerbaijan have been
sent to Türkiye to aid the earthquake-affected people.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Turkiye's southeastern part on
February 6, 2023, according to the European-Mediterranean
Seismological Centre.
The quake's epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. The source of
the earthquake was 7 km below the surface. Furthermore, three more
quakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep province in
southeastern Turkiye. As a result of the earthquake that hit
Turkiye's several regions, strong tremors were also felt in Syria,
Lebanon, Egypt, and Cyprus.
At the moment of writing, the overall death toll in Turkiye has
risen to 35,418.
Azerbaijan was the first country to provide assistance to
Turkiye immediately after the earthquake.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations continues to send
humanitarian aid and rescuers to Turkiye.
Azerbaijani rescuers are currently working in the quake-hit
regions in Turkiye.