٠٠:٠٢:٥٦Rubbish on the ground, dismal conditions, and unsanitary toilet rooms without water were seen in Hatay shelter after the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake left thousands dead, injured and displaced.
Footage filmed on Saturday features unclean toilet rooms, empty bottles of water inside, as well as unwanted materials and rubbish on the ground and different spots around the tents.
Being affected by the earthquake, a resident Metin Lion shared his experience of spending days at the shelter in an unhealthy condition
"Do you see the hygiene? It looks clean from the outside, but have you ever looked at it from the inside? The precaution for the disease is not at first? it will be the sink that will be the first, right? You saw the sink. Unfortunately, look they gave us everything in food. But the hygiene of the sinks, unfortunately. But the food we have everything," the man said.
He added that his family had not been able to take bath 'for many days'. "They didn't create a shower or bathroom area. We're still dirty. Not only me but also my wife and children," Lion shared.
Another respondent, Murat Eken, also kept criticising the condition at the Hatay shelter and called ‘water’ and ‘toilet’ the vital needs that those affected people are really seeking to have at the moment.
"The need for a toilet is important. In terms of hygiene. ... Therefore, my only request from the authorities is; we somehow took care of the housing. God bless our state. Water and toilet. That's all I want," the man said.
The first 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) on Monday, February 6. A second one hit less than 12 hours later, with a slightly smaller 7.6 magnitude, and at a greater depth. The epicentre of the quake was in the Pazarcik district of the Turkish Kahramanmaras province.
At the time of publication, the combined death toll has exceeded 43,000.
Turkey: 'No toilets, no water, no electricity' - Earthquake victims decry dismal conditions in Hatay shelter
Rubbish on the ground, dismal conditions, and unsanitary toilet rooms without water were seen in Hatay shelter after the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake left thousands dead, injured and displaced.
Footage filmed on Saturday features unclean toilet rooms, empty bottles of water inside, as well as unwanted materials and rubbish on the ground and different spots around the tents.
Being affected by the earthquake, a resident Metin Lion shared his experience of spending days at the shelter in an unhealthy condition
"Do you see the hygiene? It looks clean from the outside, but have you ever looked at it from the inside? The precaution for the disease is not at first? it will be the sink that will be the first, right? You saw the sink. Unfortunately, look they gave us everything in food. But the hygiene of the sinks, unfortunately. But the food we have everything," the man said.
He added that his family had not been able to take bath 'for many days'. "They didn't create a shower or bathroom area. We're still dirty. Not only me but also my wife and children," Lion shared.
Another respondent, Murat Eken, also kept criticising the condition at the Hatay shelter and called ‘water’ and ‘toilet’ the vital needs that those affected people are really seeking to have at the moment.
"The need for a toilet is important. In terms of hygiene. ... Therefore, my only request from the authorities is; we somehow took care of the housing. God bless our state. Water and toilet. That's all I want," the man said.
The first 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) on Monday, February 6. A second one hit less than 12 hours later, with a slightly smaller 7.6 magnitude, and at a greater depth. The epicentre of the quake was in the Pazarcik district of the Turkish Kahramanmaras province.
At the time of publication, the combined death toll has exceeded 43,000.
Rubbish on the ground, dismal conditions, and unsanitary toilet rooms without water were seen in Hatay shelter after the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake left thousands dead, injured and displaced.
Footage filmed on Saturday features unclean toilet rooms, empty bottles of water inside, as well as unwanted materials and rubbish on the ground and different spots around the tents.
Being affected by the earthquake, a resident Metin Lion shared his experience of spending days at the shelter in an unhealthy condition
"Do you see the hygiene? It looks clean from the outside, but have you ever looked at it from the inside? The precaution for the disease is not at first? it will be the sink that will be the first, right? You saw the sink. Unfortunately, look they gave us everything in food. But the hygiene of the sinks, unfortunately. But the food we have everything," the man said.
He added that his family had not been able to take bath 'for many days'. "They didn't create a shower or bathroom area. We're still dirty. Not only me but also my wife and children," Lion shared.
Another respondent, Murat Eken, also kept criticising the condition at the Hatay shelter and called ‘water’ and ‘toilet’ the vital needs that those affected people are really seeking to have at the moment.
"The need for a toilet is important. In terms of hygiene. ... Therefore, my only request from the authorities is; we somehow took care of the housing. God bless our state. Water and toilet. That's all I want," the man said.
The first 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) on Monday, February 6. A second one hit less than 12 hours later, with a slightly smaller 7.6 magnitude, and at a greater depth. The epicentre of the quake was in the Pazarcik district of the Turkish Kahramanmaras province.
At the time of publication, the combined death toll has exceeded 43,000.