New satellite images released show mass graves assembled for earthquake victims in Turkey’s southern provinces destroyed by twin earthquakes on February 6.
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has updated the death toll in the disaster to 31,974.
Reports from the earthquake-hit area indicate a disorganisation in burial services, with people waiting in queues to get the bodies of their relatives from morgues and many burying them without official registration due to complex bureaucracy and in an effort to leave the heavily destroyed areas as soon as possible.
Enkazda çıkarılan insanlar içim bir bölge, ayakta kalan bir resmî devlet yapısı o da olmadı bir konteyner hazırlanmadı mı? Bu insanların yerde ne işi var? Cenaze sahiplerine bunu niye yaşatıyorsunuz? pic.twitter.com/d9DanIItQe
— Meral Akçay (@Meral_Akcay) February 13, 2023
The piled up dead bodies waiting on the streets and under rubbles also increase worries for possible health problems, while the odour of decaying corpses fills the area.
To bury the victims of the earthquake in a hurry, Turkish authorities have been preparing mass burial sites. The satellite images released by Maxar, show work in progress for mass burial sites in multiple cities, such as Kahramanmaraş and Hatay.
