Erzin Mayor Ökkeş Elmasoğlu, whose earthquake did not destroy even a single building, explained the incident by “working within the framework of the law”.
Only one city survived in the recent, perhaps most devastating, large-scale earthquake in Hatay, Turkey – Erzin. Not a single building fell here, no dead or injured. This is explained, first of all, by the observance of building codes in the city. This was reported in the Turkish edition of Cumhuriyet.
Mayor Erzin Ökkeş Elmasoğlu explained this phenomenon only by “working within the framework of the law”. He emphasized that it is strictly forbidden to build unlicensed buildings in Erzin. According to the mayor’s statement, he does not allow illegal construction, even to his relatives, and the construction standards of the buildings in the city are carefully controlled.
“I did not allow any illegal buildings to be built. They got angry with me, they criticized me, they threatened me, ‘Do you think you are the only honest person in this country?’ “But now my conscience doesn’t bother me.” Ökkeş Elmasoğlu said.
Previously Focus More than 80,000 people were injured in the earthquake that occurred in Turkey, the Ministry of Health reported on February 10. The death toll in the earthquake exceeded 20 thousand.
On February 9, analysts from the international rating agency Fitch said that it is not yet possible to calculate the losses of Syria and Turkey as a result of a large-scale earthquake, but that it will certainly exceed $2 billion as a preliminary.
Source: Focus
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