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Hatay after earthquakes: Changing priorities and problems

Hatay after earthquakes: Changing priorities and problems

As Hatay continues its reconstruction process after the devastating losses of the February 6 earthquakes, housing, education, healthcare, and economic struggles persist alongside new emerging issues.

13 February 2025 Akın Bodur

Two years on from Turkey earthquakes: Who is the Antakya protection plan protecting?

Two years on from Turkey earthquakes: Who is the Antakya protection plan protecting?

Residents of the historic Affan neighborhood, frustrated by uncertainty and the lack of communication, are asking, "Are they trying to force us to leave?"

4 February 2025 Vecih Cuzdan

Turkey’s last Armenian village faces expropriation threat

Turkey’s last Armenian village faces expropriation threat

The locals are concerned that a new post-earthquake housing project could lead to a change in the demographics of the village.

31 January 2025 Vecih Cuzdan

Burcu Özkaya Günaydın

Concrete plant disrupts Hatay’s only greenspace amid post-quake recovery

Concrete plant disrupts Hatay’s only greenspace amid post-quake recovery

Nearly two years after the devastating earthquakes, life in Hatay remains far from normal. Concrete plants disrupt agriculture and animal husbandry while encroaching on the city’s few remaining green spaces.

11 December 2024 Burcu Özkaya Günaydın

Nearly two years after earthquakes, eviction threat looms over residents in Hatay

Nearly two years after earthquakes, eviction threat looms over residents in Hatay

The Environment and Urbanization Ministry has asked for the eviction of three buildings in Hatay, citing the contoversial "reserve housing zone" provision in the urban transformation law.

10 November 2024 Akın Bodur

Local press in Turkey’s earthquake-hit zone faces uncertainty as exemption deadline looms

Local press in Turkey’s earthquake-hit zone faces uncertainty as exemption deadline looms

Newspapers in the region have been allowed to defer tax and insurance payments, and to continue publishing public announcements without meeting the minimum sales or online view requirements. However, it is uncertain whether these exemptions will continue beyond the end of the year.

28 September 2024 Hikmet Adal

Contractor of collapsed building that killed 96 in earthquakes sentenced to life imprisonment

Contractor of collapsed building that killed 96 in earthquakes sentenced to life imprisonment

The contractor claimed that renovations made by property owners were the reason for the collapse of the building.

27 September 2024

Trial begins for bianet editor Evrim Kepenek over social media post on 2023 earthquakes

Trial begins for bianet editor Evrim Kepenek over social media post on 2023 earthquakes

The law enforcement had included all of Kepenek’s travel records, photos from her reporting trips, addresses, and family information in the investigation file in what her lawyers called an act of invasion of privacy.

23 September 2024 Hikmet Adal

Tuğçe Yılmaz

Hatay residents win legal battle against ‘reserve development zone’ designation

Hatay residents win legal battle against ‘reserve development zone’ designation

“We had raised concerns that implementing these reserve zones in earthquake-affected areas would lead to significant hardships for the residents. This decision is a positive step forward,” said a lawyer.

Armenian community in Hatay celebrates feast at church restored after earthquakes

Armenian community in Hatay celebrates feast at church restored after earthquakes

The Armenian Patriarch of Turkey also attended the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption.

CHP calls for election rerun in Hatay over 'votes cast on behalf of deceased people'

CHP calls for election rerun in Hatay over 'votes cast on behalf of deceased people'

The main opposition party claims votes were cast on behalf of over 3,000 people who were killed in the 2023 earthquakes.

Kurdish politician Selçuk Mızraklı rejects earthquake housing

Kurdish politician Selçuk Mızraklı rejects earthquake housing

Mızraklı was replaced by the government and sent to prison after winning the 2019 local election in Mardin.

23 February 2024

EU, Turkey sign agreement for €400 million aid package for earthquake reconstruction

EU, Turkey sign agreement for €400 million aid package for earthquake reconstruction

EU Commission Member Elisa Ferreira noted that this was the largest amount ever given to a candidate country.

9 February 2024

Report: 2023 earthquakes cost Turkey 150 billion dollars

Report: 2023 earthquakes cost Turkey 150 billion dollars

Expenditures for the reconstruction in the 11 provinces got the lion's share from the costs, according to TEPAV.

7 February 2024

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Reconstrucion: Dreams and reality

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

Reconstrucion: Dreams and reality

About 3% of the planned 255,000 housing units have been delivered to their owners in Hatay. Due to infrastructure costs, construction activities have shifted from rural areas to "on-site transformation" projects in urban centers. Meanwhile, residents of Dikmece, whose lands and olive groves have been expropriated, continue their struggle to preserve their living spaces.

6 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

People of Hatay express frustration over Erdoğan’s remarks

People of Hatay express frustration over Erdoğan’s remarks

“If the central administration and local administration do not work hand in hand, if they are not in solidarity, nothing good will come to that city. Did anything come to Hatay?” the president said in quake-hit Hatay ahead of the March 31 local elections.

5 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Unharvested abundance: Mandarins left to wither on trees in Hatay

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES

Unharvested abundance: Mandarins left to wither on trees in Hatay

"Both the central government and the local government could have taken action. They haven’t. Now villagers cannot collect and transport the fruits. But if they had thought about it, the people of the village would have sold the product for much less than its cost, even 1-2 liras."

5 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Turkey's last Armenian village stands strong with its women after earthquakes

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES

Turkey's last Armenian village stands strong with its women after earthquakes

"As a cooperative, one month after the earthquake, on Women's Day, we immersed ourselves in work with the orders that came to us, trying to forget this period. But when they say 'it's being forgotten,' it really isn't being forgotten."

2 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

113 arrested in Hatay for construction faults

FEBRUARY 6 EARTHQUAKES

113 arrested in Hatay for construction faults

“In the Earthquake Crimes Investigation Bureau, 22,581 investigation files have been opened. Following the examinations and determinations, these files were consolidated and transformed into 3,522 files based on building evaluations," said Hatay's chief prosecutor.

1 February 2024

Maraş building demolition claims operator's life

Maraş building demolition claims operator's life

25 January 2024

MP raises concern over missing children after Turkey earthquakes

MP raises concern over missing children after Turkey earthquakes

Despite the ministry statement that all the unattended children had been identified, earthquake victims association claims that hundreds of children might be missing.

17 January 2024

Orhan Erkılıç

Residents of 'moderately damaged" buildings face uncertainty in Maraş

Residents of 'moderately damaged" buildings face uncertainty in Maraş

Nearly a year after the devastating earthquakes, housing problems persist in the region.

11 January 2024 Orhan Erkılıç

Women don’t feel safe in earthquake housing in Diyarbakır outskirts

Women don’t feel safe in earthquake housing in Diyarbakır outskirts

Hamide Ayaz, who saw her home demolished during the military conflict in 2015, now confronts significant damage to her new house, financed through installments and debts, after the February earthquakes. While awaiting the completion of earthquake-resistant housing, Ayaz laments, "Now, we find ourselves compelled to live unhappily amid these concrete walls until the end of our days."

10 January 2024 Evrim Deniz

Challenges persist in Adıyaman 10 months after quakes

Challenges persist in Adıyaman 10 months after quakes

Ten months after the earthquakes, Adıyaman, one of the provinces most heavily hit by the February earthquakes, continues to wrestle with fundamental issues such as water and healthcare accessibility, unemployment, and a shortage of labor.

29 December 2023 Ferit Binzet

Urban planners voice concern over Hatay reconstruction plan after earthquakes

Urban planners voice concern over Hatay reconstruction plan after earthquakes

"The public has not been transparently informed about whether micro-zoning studies and comprehensive analyses defined in the legislation have been completed, and whether citizens' participation in decision-making processes has been ensured,” says the Chamber of Urban Planners.

5 December 2023

Earthquake education support plan raises questions as six affected provinces left out

Earthquake education support plan raises questions as six affected provinces left out

The government will provide financial support for students in the region affected by the February earthquakes, but several provinces and some types of schools were not included in the plan.

1 December 2023 Bedri Adanır

Does olive oil produced in quake-affected regions contain asbestos?

Does olive oil produced in quake-affected regions contain asbestos?

We had the products of some producers who produce olive oil in the Samandağ region analyzed.

24 November 2023 Bülent Şık

AKP-MHP reject proposal to search for missing people after February earthquakes

AKP-MHP reject proposal to search for missing people after February earthquakes

Opposition deputies emphasize the plight of thousands missing in the aftermath of the destructive earthquakes that struck 11 provinces in Turkey's southern and southeastern regions

27 October 2023

Minister: 118,000 buildings collapsed, severely damaged in earthquake zone

Minister: 118,000 buildings collapsed, severely damaged in earthquake zone

Some 927,000 buildings have been inspected in the earthquake-hit provinces, said Murat Kurum.

20 February 2023