MALATYA - Şehriban Doğan, One of the earthquake victims, whose tent was submerged in water and mud due to the heavy rain in Malatya, said: "We went to AFAD and asked for a container, but they said, 'You can get it yourself'."

 

Due to the earthquake in Malatya, hundreds of thousands of citizens are trying to live in tents. According to the information published by the Malatya Governor's Office, there are 72,311 houses and 14,754 commercial houses that are urgent, heavy and destroyed. Indicating that there are 4 thousand 243 tents in the tent cities established by the state institutions in the city center and districts, 47 thousand 261 tents were distributed individually, the Malatya Governorship gave the number of containers established as 4 thousand 499. In the city where there is a housing problem, the heavy rains make the living conditions of the earthquake victims even more difficult.

 

'BED AND MATTRESS ARE ALL UNDER WATER'

 

Şehriban Doğan (60), who lives in the Cemal Gürsel District of the Çermiktî (Yeşilyurt) district of Malatya and whose house was heavily damaged in the earthquake, stated that neither AFAD nor the Red Crescent gave them tents, and that the tents they currently have are aid tents from Bangladesh. Doğan said: “They didn't even give us a tent. We bought these tents from elsewhere. I called the municipality for the place where we put the tents and said to them, 'bring gravel here and pour it'. But nobody came. The tents we bought also get water. We lived in mud. The municipality does not take care of us either. We are victims here. What more can I say? Our situation is clear. 7 families live here. There are 20 people living in this tent. There was some help at first, but they stopped too. Living in a tent is very difficult. It's raining all the time, so we can't sleep. It's always dripping, the bed, our mattresses are always sunk. We don't know what to do."

 

‘AFAD SAYS BUY IT YOURSELF’

 

Pointing out that the weather is very cold, Doğan said: “We went to AFAD and asked for a container, but they said, 'You can buy it yourself'. If we had the money, we would buy it ourselves. First of all, we want pebbles to be poured here. We should get rid of this mud. Why doesn't the government come and look at us? We stayed in the water until the morning. We do not stay in tents. Our children are ill, my husband is ill, I have diabetes and blood pressure. What will our situation be? Where is this government, the state?”