Erdogan Meets Azerbaijani IDP Whose Help To Quake Victims Widely Discussed In Media
Date
2/28/2023 3:06:12 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Fatima Hasanova read more Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to the
country's Adiyaman province, which was devastated by a powerful
earthquake.
Additionally, President Erdogan met Sarvar Bashirli, a former
internally displaced person from the Minkand village in
Azerbaijan's Lachin District, whose efforts to aid citizens of
Turkiye were documented, shared on social media, and went viral, Azernews informs.
After being photographed with his old car packed with donations
for the fraternal country's earthquake victims, Bashirli gained
fame. He arrived in Turkiye a few days ago and is currently helping
out in the disaster area.
Noting that, according to the European-Mediterranean
Seismological Center, on January 6, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit
central Turkiye. The epicenter of the earthquake was 26 kilometers
off Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. The
earthquake's epicenter was located 7 km below the surface.
According to Turkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority,
three more earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.4 to 6.6 shook the
province of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkiye.
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