The number of people who have lost their lives in the Maraş-centered earthquake continues to increase dramatically, and has now reached 32,000. There are still thousands of people under the rubble, yet the search and rescue efforts were hindered by the state authorities.

A person who voluntarily participated in the search and rescue efforts in Besni, in Antep (Semsûr), said that the Polish search and rescue team detected people alive in the 15 July Martyrs' Site, but the work was interrupted at night.

The aid volunteer said that when they went to the work area again in the morning, the debris site where they had detected people still alive had been moved and there were neither signs of living persons nor dead bodies.

The search and rescue volunteer, who asked the authorities about the situation said that the Besni District Governorate had ordered to collect debris.

After the order, the drivers of some construction equipment that participated in the search and rescue efforts protested and left Besni.