Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, who lost 17 of his relatives in Adiyaman (Semsûr), one of the cities that suffered the most severe damage from the earthquake that occurred on 6 February, visited the area together with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MPs Rıdvan Turan, Feleknas Uca and Sait Dede. Listening to the citizens, the delegation went to the Crisis Coordination Center set up by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and civil society organizations.

'There is no such thing as a state'

Making a statement at the Crisis Coordination Center, Ahmet Türk said: "As all the people I met said, there is no such thing as a state. A State of Emergency has been declared, and this prevents the aid of the people and non-governmental organizations from reaching the victims. This has been done to show that AFAD is taking care of it. They are trying to show efficiency, but I just received information that even the tents that arrived from civil society organizations were confiscated and sent to AFAD. They are trying to make it look like AFAD brought these tents. They are trying to hide from society where the help is coming from. However, we all see this truth. The people know it."

'People have organized themselves'

Türk expressed its condolences to people and said: "Our people have been very sensitive to this tragedy. We are watching and seeing it everywhere. People from Kızıltepe, Nusaybin, Cizre, Silopi, Diyarbakır, and the whole region, organized solidarity by themselves."