HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar visited the chief physician of Etlik City Hospital and received information about the condition of the patients coming from the earthquake zone. Making a statement in front of the hospital, Sancar said:

On Friday, we visited Etlik City Hospital and had a meeting with the Chief Physician. We got information from him about the situation. He told us that there were around 800 wounded who had been transferred from the earthquake area to here.

We cannot consider this a natural disaster. Earthquakes are natural events, but it is the governments that turn it into social destruction and human tragedy. It is the attitude of states, what they do and what they do not do. The government is disturbed by those who have said that the destruction is so great and the consequences so heavy. But everyone can see the immensity of this tragedy. The fact that so many buildings collapsed, of course, is related to government policies. Policies that progress on corruption and lack of control. The lives lost are so many, but this is also due to the fact that the emergency response did not take place in the first two, two and a half days. Yes, there are many casualties. The whole country is in sorrow. Our hearts are also aching. Social solidarity is currently the most effective way to heal wounds and reduce suffering. But the government is trying to prevent these solidarity initiatives. This is one of the worst things he can do.”

Our party is on the field

Sancar said: “Yes, there is a series of evils in this disaster. In the absence of state organization, people tried to help each other by reaching out to each other. Perhaps the most important area in which this power is organized is evil. We see that the government and its supporters can quickly organize around evil. Only society and people themselves will build the good. The way to build goodness is through social solidarity. In order for individuals and institutions to carry out this solidarity in the most effective way, coordination is needed. We are doing our best to establish a civil democratic coordination. Like many others, our party is on the field. We are with our people. We contribute to all kinds of work and aid activities. We will organize the good together. We will definitely overcome the organized evil policies and practices of the government with the good-producing dynamism of social solidarity. It is social solidarity that will heal us, reduce this suffering and heal the wounds. Organizing this in the most effective way is one of our most basic duties.”