Rebuilding Turkey after the earthquake

Business Daily

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

On Sunday 6 August 2023 it will be six months since the devastating event which killed more than 50,000 people, injured tens of thousands more, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

For Business Daily, Victoria Craig travels to the worst affected region of Hatay. When President Erdoğan visited the disaster area back in February, he vowed to rebuild within a year, so can he keep that promise?

Victoria speaks to residents who are still waiting to hear about permanent homes.

And we ask whether new homes will be safe enough to survive another natural disaster?

Presenter: Victoria Craig Producer: Gonca Tokyol

(Image: Reconstruction in Hatay)

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0:00.0	Excitement here in New Zealand has been ignited for this tournament.
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0:19.1	Hello and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service with me, Victoria Craig.
0:24.8	Southern Turkey was hit with a pair of devastatingly powerful earthquakes six months ago this Sunday.
0:31.1	In the immediate aftermath, President Recep Ayyip Erdogan vowed to rebuild the region within one year.
0:37.4	But now, halfway to that deadline in the
0:39.8	hardest-hit province, progress has not been fast. Bodies are still being found. It's not over.
0:49.1	This is the worst place, but it's not over. Turkey's government says the cost to rebuild may exceed $100 billion.
0:57.2	As new homes begin to rise in some places, financing and support is still desperately needed.
1:05.3	We want people from other regions of the country and around the world to help us and these areas,
1:11.0	because we really need serious help, we have problems and we would be happy for them to assist us.
1:16.6	So what is life like in the earthquake zone and how long will it really take to rebuild?
1:22.7	I'll take you up and down the Hattai province inside tent tent cities, and onto construction sites, all ahead,
1:28.8	on Business Daily from the BBC.
1:36.6	The first thing you notice when you drive into Hattai is the dust.
1:40.7	It covers everything.
1:43.1	Step out of the car, and the next thing you notice is the noise.
1:51.8	Half a year after what many here describe as the apocalypse, it's not the sound of reconstruction
2:00.1	that hums in the background of everyday life.
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