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The head of the oldest construction company "Ağaoğlu" Ali Aghaoglu spoke about the construction standards in the 60-80s, or rather about their absence: "Even when I was a child and my father was the head of the company, I saw what houses were being built from in Istanbul at that time. The main building material was concrete mixed with sea sand and shells. It was very difficult to get iron. To get at least one truck with iron, we had to wait for 6 months, and when we finally received it, it turned out to be of such poor quality that it broke at the slightest load. And this was the state of affairs for all companies. Therefore, 99% of the houses built in those years were built on this principle. I can say that the quality of such houses in Istanbul is much worse than those houses that were destroyed in the earthquake in Van.

Statistics on the number of marriages concluded, as well as on the number of their dissolution in Turkey, have been published. In Antalya province, 574,358 official marriages were registered, but in terms of the number of divorces, it was in third place - 180,954 registered divorces. Izmir and Mugla are in the first and second places, respectively.

According to the decision, which will come into force on March 5, 2023, citizens of Turkey and 18 other countries will be entitled to a multiple-entry 6-month visa when booking a hotel or other accommodation facility.

On the evening of February 20, two tremors of magnitude 5.8 and 6.4 were recorded in the Turkish province of Hatay. Earthquakes were also felt in Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine. 6 dead and 213 wounded are reported.The Ministry of Disaster and Emergency Management of Turkey AFAD has already reported that aftershocks after the main earthquake can last for several months, so residents and emergency services of risky regions were prepared for such a development of events, which allowed avoiding a large number of victims.

After the earthquake that occurred in Hatay the day before, the echoes of which touched Antalya and Alanya, the chairman of the Antalya branch of the Chamber of Geophysicists, Erman Kaptanoglu, made a statement regarding the concerns of residents of the Antalya coast.In his opinion, the Antalya region has always been prone to minor earthquakes, so one should not succumb to general panic.

"My house is your house" is the name of the project, the purpose of which is to provide housing for people affected by the earthquake. Owners who do not live in their apartments are invited to rent them to the victims. Utilities and insurance will be paid by the state. You can view the conditions and submit an application on the website https://evimyuvanolsun.org/

Another example of solidarity and mutual assistance in difficult times for Turkish citizens was shown by the heads of the Turkish bank "Iş Bankası".Representatives of the bank said that the debts of people who died in the earthquake will be canceled and will not be recovered from the relatives of the victims.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a one-time payment to citizens affected by the earthquake. The amount of the payment will be 100,000 Turkish liras.

The campaign called "Turkey - One Heart", which was attended by millions of people from show business representatives and business people to ordinary citizens and even children who donated money from their piggy banks, collected a record donation amount of 115,146,528 Turkish lira. Not a single Turkish company and not a single person remained on the sidelines. All funds were transferred to the Kızılı charity organization and the AFAD Office for the Prevention and Elimination of Consequences of Emergency Situations.

Hungarian airline Wizz Air announced the opening of new flights to Istanbul, Antalya and Dalaman. From March to June 2023, flights will be operated from Hungary, Romania, the UK and the UAE.

A large sum of money was discovered by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation during the analysis of rubble in Turkey after the earthquake. 150 thousand dollars were found in an ordinary saucepan. The entire amount was transferred to the inventory of local police officers.

Chairman of the Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Alanya, Mr. Mehmet Shahin, said that together with his colleagues and friends, he ordered 50 container houses for the regions affected by the earthquake.Our company Alanya Brand Group also took part in helping the victims and purchased two container houses for them.