The earthquake of 7.7 and 7.6 magnitudes in Kahramanmaraş, which affected 10 provinces in Türkiye on February 6, 2023, described as the disaster of the century, as a nation, it has caused all of us to experience indescribable pain. As of last week, there were more than 40 thousand casualties, more than 100 thousand injured and 118 thousand destroyed and heavily damaged buildings (TRT News, 2023). These numbers reveal the magnitude of this great catastrophe. The final situation will become clearer with the completion of the debris removal work. While trying to save the lives under the rubble with the efforts of public institutions, non-governmental organizations and citizens, on the other hand, a great mobilization was started to gather aid from all over the country which was sent to the region in order to heal the wounds caused by the destruction to a certain extent.
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