The death toll in
Turkiye from last month's huge earthquakes has increased to 48,448, Interior
Minister Suleyman Soylu announced on Monday, as authorities rush to put up
container towns to accommodate for the longer-term those left homeless by the
tragedy.
At than 54,000 people
have died worldwide, including those killed in Syria.
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More than 115,000
people in Turkiye suffered injuries as a result of the earthquake and its
strong aftershocks, and millions of people were forced to seek shelter in other
towns or in tents.
Although President
Tayyip Erdogan promised to reconstruct homes within a year, it will be several
months before thousands of people can leave their temporary accommodation of tents
or shipping containers and the daily lines for food.
Soylu claims that the
administration plans to set up 115,585 containers at 239 various locations
across the impacted area for the same number of people. He asserted that 85,000
people were currently being housed in 21,000 containers that had been set up at
23 locations.
Separately, a
committee of the investigation established by the UN stated on Monday that the
UN, the Syrian government, and other parties are to blame for delays in
delivering humanitarian relief to Syrians following the earthquake.
The accusations add to
the chorus of complaints against the international organization for its actions
in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake that killed some 6,000 people in
Syria, largely in the opposition-held northwest close to the Turkish border.
The commission's
chair, Paulo Pinheiro, stated in a statement, “Although there were many acts of
bravery amidst the suffering, we also witnessed a wholesale failure by the
Government and the international community, including the UN, to quickly direct
life-saving support to Syrians in the direst need.”
Syrians felt
"abandoned and neglected by those intended to protect them, in the most
desperate of times," the report said because the parties involved were
unable to agree on a cessation of hostilities and to for life-saving aid to
pass through any accessible channel.