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Giresun 619+122 workplaces
Antalya-Muğla 1349 houses
Kastamonu 872
Sinop and Bartın 1349 houses
Rize 364
Artvin 41
Thousands of people died and hundreds of thousands of residences and
workplaces became unusable in the Kahramanmaraş-based earthquakes
that occurred on February 6, 2023 and affected 11 provinces (Table 2).
311,196 buildings and 872,059 independent units were damaged during the
earthquake, which had great impact especially on Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and
Adıyaman provinces (ÇŞB, 2023).
Table 2. Number of Houses Affected by Kahramanmaraş-centered Earthquakes
Damaged Houses in Total (Wrecked / Heavy
THROUGHOUT 11 PROVINCES Damage / To be demolished urgently/ Moder-
ate damage)
(Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation
and Climate Change, Housing in Earth- 22.759
quake Zone) ADANA
ADIYAMAN 84.401
DİYARBAKIR 26.480
ELAZIĞ 18.674
GAZİANTEP 62.120
HATAY 329,010
KAHRAMANMARAŞ 143,350
KİLİS 5.041
MALATYA 131,910
OSMANİYE 25.850
ŞANLIURFA 22.464
TOTAL 872,059
184 The Journal of Environment, Urban and Climate