Elazig Declared as Disaster Area as the 11th Province

AK Parti SözcüÖmer Çelik made statements after the AK Party Central Executive Board (MYK) convened under the chairmanship of President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Çelik said, "With the instruction of our President, Elazig will be considered as the 11th province in terms of being affected by the earthquake as a disaster area." Has Elazig Disaster Area Been Declared? Are Schools Vacation in Elazig? When will be opened?

Making a press statement after the meeting, AKP Sözcüsü Ömer Çelik said that they discussed the work carried out after the 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, the epicenter of which was Kahramanmaraş.

Stating that Elazig will also be declared a disaster area, Çelik said, “We were talking about 10 provinces. With the instruction of our President, Elazig will be considered as the 11th province in terms of being affected by the earthquake as a disaster area. For this reason, we will mention it as the 11th province from now on.”

For those who lost their relatives in the earthquake, “10 thousand lira aid has started to be deposited into accounts. Steel, which is transferred directly to the account by opening it to those who do not have an account, through their identity card, said, "When it comes to looting, our request from our citizens is that no one should interfere themselves, they should definitely inform our security forces." made its assessment.

Expressing that the citizens stated that rents, some foods and diapers were increased at exorbitant prices in various regions, Çelik said, “We do not allow any of these. In this place, we operate our mechanisms in a way that will impose more effective penalties, whichever penalty we have given for the exorbitant sale of a soup. Citizens should be happy about this. he said.

When Will Schools Open in Elazig?

After the cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan said that primary and secondary schools outside the earthquake zone will open on February 20.

Erdoğan said, “The fact that only 20 of the 868 school buildings in the earthquake zone are ruined and with heavy wickerwork allows our students to start education in our 95 provinces in these 1 provinces, where I will add Elazig, as of March 10, for our students who want to start education. We have created the capacity to meet the demands of all our families who want to transfer their children to schools in other provinces.” He announced that schools in Elazig will be closed until 11 March.