Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) co-chair, Mehmet Bozgeyik, together with the members of the Central Executive Board (MYK) and executives of KESK Adiyaman (Semsûr) Branches Platform, visited many districts and villages that were heavily affected by the 6 February earthquakes.

The delegation, which visited the Central Coordination Tent established in Adiyaman after those in Besni and Sergolan (Gölbaşı) districts, made a press conference at the end of the visit.

KESK co-chair Mehmet Bozgeyik emphasized that the responsible for the destruction was the AKP-MHP government. Bozgeyik said: “The government should resign immediately. Thousands of people lost their lives due to the government’s late intervention. Adıyaman was most affected by the earthquake and suffered great damage. Many of the teams sent by the state and the state have yet to reach these places. We saw that measures were not taken to reduce the suffering of the earthquake victims. We are faced with a destruction of up to 75% in Gölbaşı. Almost 70% of the city has been destroyed. Almost all of the center is in ruins. Quick action needs to be taken. It is necessary to provide access to clean water, to solve hygienic issues, and to work in accordance with ecological urbanization.”

Bozgeyik said: “In Adıyaman, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has taken steps towards the election process by throwing the labor professional organizations out of the aid process” and added: “The government is actually making re-construction plans without considering the ecological balance. With the latest Decree-Law (KHK), we are faced with many anti-democratic practices such as the opening of forest areas to development, the expropriation of treasury lands, and the expropriation of privately owned lands. The food problem continues.”

Emphasizing that the problems should be resolved as soon as possible, Bozgeyik said: “Children need to undergo rehabilitation and support should be provided to deal with shock and traumas. We will continue to work to create a political space by producing solutions together with our unions.”