Stating that the Kurds showed a great example of solidarity in the face of the disaster, PYD Co-Chair Salih Muslim said: “The truth of the Turkish State and the Syrian regime has also been revealed. AFAD is an institution of the fascist state, a structure affiliated with Süleyman Soylu, who feeds the gangs through IHH."
Ali Topal from the Oğlakkaya District, whose roads were not opened for 4 days during the Maraş-centered earthquake, stated that the neighborhood was not served because the AKP was not voted, and said: "As there are Kurdish and Alevi villages, aid is not brought here."
Maraş resembles a ruined city with dust and debris rising from collapsed buildings. Even though it has been 17 days since the earthquake, citizens stay in makeshift tents and carry water from burst pipes.
Condemning the attacks of Turkey on Rojava and the Federated Kurdistan Region despite its decision of inaction, the Mothers of peace said: "Turkish state furnds war instead of earthquake. If the state had sent its force, which it used to bombard the Kurdistan mountains, to earthquake areas, there would not have been so many deaths."
An earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred in the Dicle district of Diyarbakır.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that 6 people lost their lives and 562 people were injured, 18 of them seriously, in the Hatay-centered earthquake.
Stating that fascism against Kurds and their mother tongue emerged once again in the earthquake, NGOs said: "We will fight until Kurdish becomes the official language and the language of education."
HDP filed a criminal complaint regarding police torture against 10 people, including party leaders, in Iskenderun.
The people of Hasanali, whose roads were closed for five days and who spent the first 5 days of the earthquake in a barn, think that they are discriminated against because they are Kurds and Alevis. Citizens who did not receive support left the neighborhood.
Speaking on the 701th day of the sit-in, Ferit Şenyaşar asked: "As long as this injustice continues, who will come to Urfa and demand votes from the people?"
Only one doctor and one nurse provide health services to 9 thousand earthquake victims at the Salih Hayosöz Integrated Health Center, which was opened yesterday in Narlı, one of the places affected by the earthquakes.
Lawyer Mehtap Sert, who visited the prisoners in Iskenderun Type T Closed Prison, said: "Humane treatment is even seen a lot for prisoners who have been traumatized by earthquakes and have not received support, lost their relatives, and were deprived of their right to say goodbye."
Drawing attention to the violence in Hatay, where the wounds of the earthquake are being tried to be healed, ÖHD's Mehdi Zana Akkaya said: “Applications are received regarding the use of force by the gendarmerie and law enforcement against citizens. Political parties and non-governmental organizations need to step in against them."
Stating that the oppression and bans against Kurds and their mother tongue started with the Republic, which was built with a monist understanding, lawyer Cemal Demir said: "The struggle of the Kurds against this ban has always continued in various fields."
Geology Engineer Eyüp Ceyhan stated that the earthquake had fatal consequences due to the improper operation of the control mechanism and zoning amnesties in the cities on the fault line, and listed the precautions to be taken.