Assessing the Damage
René Ammann | 10. February 2023
Hatay is one of the places most greatly impacted by the two earthquakes (7.7 and 7.6 magnitude) that occurred one after the other on February 6, 2023. (Photo: Hilmi Hacaloglu/Voice of America (VOA))
Approximate number of buildings in the affected earthquake zone in southern Turkey that were given “construction amnesties”: legal exemptions for the payment of a fee, for structures built without the required safety certificates: 75,000