Search and rescue efforts are progressing very slowly in the Elbistan district of Maraş, where the heaviest destruction was experienced by the earthquake. Those who managed to stay alive in the district said: “Our bodies should be pulled out of the rubble. We want tents, but the state does not even bring a piece of cloth.”
Starting an aid campaign for earthquake victims in Şırnak, non-governmental organizations and political parties said: "The solidarity is prevented with the declaration of the State of Emergency. The State of Emergency decision should be stopped and these regions should be declared as disaster areas".
Pointing out that the buildings were not inspected, Geophysical Engineer Erdal Şahan said: "If they had been built in accordance with the current earthquake regulations, these buildings would not collapse like rusk."
Calling on the military forces not to take action due to the earthquake in Kurdistan, KCK Executive Council Co-chairperson Cemil Bayık called out to the public: "Everyone should mobilize to save our people who are under the rubble."
The State of Emergency, which will be valid for 3 months in 10 cities affected by the earthquake, was accepted by the Parliament and entered into force.
Stating that they still have not received a response to their applications to the Provincial Health Directorate to provide health services in earthquake areas, ITO President Nergis Erdoğan said: "Medical Chambers should not be blocked."
30 thousand earthquake victims applied to HDP Crisis Coordination Center.
Former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş called out to President Erdogan and said: "For God's sake, leave these people in peace, Erdoğan."
The TIR containing the living material sent by the HDP Mardin Provincial Organization to the people who went hungry in Malatya due to the earthquake was confiscated by the police at the entrance of the Doğanşehir district.
In Hatay, which was destroyed by an earthquake, the rubble cannot be removed due to the lack of search and rescue, and rural areas cannot be reached. Ahmet Şık, from TİP, who is in the region, said: "The state, which does not come to save people, does not come to take out the bodies."
A person named Cuma, who was under the rubble in Antakya, lost his life after he cut his arm to save his nephew Kevser.
Citizens, waiting for good news around the rubble of Sözel Apartment Building, said: "The search and rescue is insufficient and we continue to wait desperately."
A citizen waiting for the search and rescue teams in Adana, where the earthquake caused destruction, looks at the feet of his mother, who died under the rubble for 3 days.
Condemning the pressure on journalists that was blocked with the state of emergency declared in the cities affected by the earthquake, IGC President Dilek Gappi said: "The first duty of the press is to point out what is wrong on behalf of the public and to reflect the situation and expectations of the people in an objective way."
It turned out that the AFAD officers who arrived 36 hours later in Adıyaman, where the search and rescue teams were insufficient, were untrained people dressed in "volunteer" shirts.