(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 21. More than 70,000
houses will be built in earthquake-affected areas in Türkiye, the
country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his visit to
the quake-struck Osmaniye province, trend reports via turkicworld .
'Türkiye will breathe new life into its cities within a year.
During this time, we plan to build over 70,000 houses with 200,000
apartments in them for our citizens,' he said.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Türkiye on
Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras were subjected to
severe destruction.
As a result of the earthquake that hit Türkiye, strong
tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Cyprus.
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