Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) conducted nationwide exercises on Saturday, 23 years of Duzce earthquake in 1999 that lasted for 30 seconds and kill 710 people.
We can’t prevent an earthquake, but we can reduce losses of Life and property President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged on Saturday, minutes before the country holds nationwide exercises to boost emergency preparedness and response.
The exercise was organized by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in 81 Turkish provinces and Turkish Cyprus at 6:57 pm (3:57 pm GMT) local time to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of The deadly Earthquake in Turkish city of Dozji.
Citizens received a sound alert on Their phones, all along with SMS notification in Text in Turkish and English that reads: “THIS IS AN EARTHQUAKE TRAINING AFAD announcementand proceeded to say, people to me dropCover and hold – session of Actions to be taken during an earthquake. The ads were also made in Mosques, municipalities and on TV and radio stations.
We expect you to participate in exercise voluntarily and test Your reactions and reactions of for you environment against a possible Earthquake. I think that with In the few minutes you will devote to this exercise, we will gain experience That will add “A lifetime is in our lives together,” Erdogan said. in earlier video message.
Noting that scholars in Agree on the possibility of Major earthquakes are increasing in Turki said, “Yes, not so possible To prevent an earthquake, but it is in Our hands to take measures to prevent loss of life and property. “
He said that Turkey learned from bitter experiences of The past It now has an integrated disaster management strategy that has been created with coordination of AFAD.
The plan consists of Three phases, including pre-disaster preparedness and risk Mitigation and response during a disaster and recovery after the disaster.
Within range of disaster preparedness and risk Disaster Reduction Studies, We Make Our Cities Resistant To Disasters with Mass housing and urban transformation projects, reach our citizens in Shortly with Our effective management in The event of Disaster, endure out quick search and rescue efforts post-disaster recovery strategyWe are implementing projects that will replace destroyed with Much better “.
“For this reasonWe announced the year 2020 year of preparedness for Disasters, 2021 year of Disaster education, this year The year of disaster drills added.
The chief said that in 2021 Reached nearly 57 million citizens with various exercise materialsWhile in 2022 A total of 94,207 exercises were performed in test Turkey is ready.
On November 12, 1999, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Duzce and lasted 30 seconds, killing 710 people 2,679 wounded.
The Duzce earthquake came after the August 17, 1999 earthquake hit Northwest Turkey city of Izmit and killed 18373 people 23,781 injured with 7.6 degree tremor, according to official Figures from AFAD.
Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) conducted nationwide exercises on Saturday, 23 years of Duzce earthquake in 1999 that lasted for 30 seconds and kill 710 people.
We can’t prevent an earthquake, but we can reduce losses of Life and property President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged on Saturday, minutes before the country holds nationwide exercises to boost emergency preparedness and response.
The exercise was organized by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in 81 Turkish provinces and Turkish Cyprus at 6:57 pm (3:57 pm GMT) local time to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of The deadly Earthquake in Turkish city of Dozji.
Citizens received a sound alert on Their phones, all along with SMS notification in Text in Turkish and English that reads: “THIS IS AN EARTHQUAKE TRAINING AFAD announcementand proceeded to say, people to me dropCover and hold – session of Actions to be taken during an earthquake. The ads were also made in Mosques, municipalities and on TV and radio stations.
We expect you to participate in exercise voluntarily and test Your reactions and reactions of for you environment against a possible Earthquake. I think that with In the few minutes you will devote to this exercise, we will gain experience That will add “A lifetime is in our lives together,” Erdogan said. in earlier video message.
Noting that scholars in Agree on the possibility of Major earthquakes are increasing in Turki said, “Yes, not so possible To prevent an earthquake, but it is in Our hands to take measures to prevent loss of life and property. “
He said that Turkey learned from bitter experiences of The past It now has an integrated disaster management strategy that has been created with coordination of AFAD.
The plan consists of Three phases, including pre-disaster preparedness and risk Mitigation and response during a disaster and recovery after the disaster.
Within range of disaster preparedness and risk Disaster Reduction Studies, We Make Our Cities Resistant To Disasters with Mass housing and urban transformation projects, reach our citizens in Shortly with Our effective management in The event of Disaster, endure out quick search and rescue efforts post-disaster recovery strategyWe are implementing projects that will replace destroyed with Much better “.
“For this reasonWe announced the year 2020 year of preparedness for Disasters, 2021 year of Disaster education, this year The year of disaster drills added.
The chief said that in 2021 Reached nearly 57 million citizens with various exercise materialsWhile in 2022 A total of 94,207 exercises were performed in test Turkey is ready.
On November 12, 1999, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Duzce and lasted 30 seconds, killing 710 people 2,679 wounded.
The Duzce earthquake came after the August 17, 1999 earthquake hit Northwest Turkey city of Izmit and killed 18373 people 23,781 injured with 7.6 degree tremor, according to official Figures from AFAD.