More than 48,000 people have been confirmed dead so far in the devastating earthquake that struck near the Syrian border in southern Turkey on the 6th of this month.
In the background of the expansion of damage, it has been pointed out that illegal construction and renovation that do not meet earthquake resistance standards are rampant. activities are underway.
A total of 48,000 people have been confirmed dead so far, including 42,310 in Turkey and 5,914 in Syria, following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey on the 6th of this month. It is over.
Regarding this earthquake, it is pointed out that the background of the expansion of damage was the rampant illegal construction and renovation that did not meet the earthquake resistance standards.
For this reason, the national organization of Turkish bar associations is removing debris in the affected areas and has begun activities to record the evidence before it disappears from the scene. Volunteer lawyers from all over the country visited the site of the collapsed building.
Then, we captured the thickness of the reinforcing bars used as construction materials and how they broke in photographs and videos, and aggregated the data along with the location information.
The bar association also called on citizens to participate in its activities, and has said that it has received cooperation from about 50,000 people so far, and wants to use the collected evidence for future lawsuits.
“If the building had been built on the right land and in the right way, there would have been so many deaths,” said Sibel Suicimez, vice president of the Turkish Federation of Bar Associations. For the sake of the children, we should act so that no one will be sacrificed in the future."
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