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The Effects of the 6 February Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes
on the Business World

1. “My Supplier is from Earthquake Zone” Program
2. National Food Retailers Provide Supplies from the Earthquake Zone
3. Support for Sellers in the Earthquake Zone from E-Commerce
Marketplaces
4. Provision of Technical Support
5. Support for Protection and Enhancement of Employment
• March 6: The meeting of the European Economic and Social Committee
was attended by video conference and information was given about
the earthquake, its effects and reconstruction works.

3.2. Visits

The region was visited by delegations headed by M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu,
TOBB President, at various times in order to share the sorrow of our citizens
in provinces affected by the earthquakes and business world in the region.

• February 10-12: Trade unions and professional organizations
representing workers, employers, civil servants, tradesmen, merchants
and industrialists visited the provinces affected by the earthquake and
gathered with the ministers in the region.

• February 17th: Adıyaman province was visited with business world
organizations, business people and entrepreneurs. A meeting was
held with Mehmet Muş, the then Minister of Commerce, and Adil
Karaismailoğlu, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.
• February 24: Afşin and Elbistan districts were visited.
• February 27th: The provinces of Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa and Kilis were
visited.
• February 28th: In Gaziantep, the Chairman of 41 Chambers and
Commodity Exchanges in the region and Mehmet Muş the then Minister
of Commerce came together and the economic measures to be taken in
the normalization process of the region were discussed.
• February 28: In Gaziantep, building material manufacturer sector
assembly and NGO presidents and Murat Kurum the then Minister of
Environment, Urbanism and Climate Change gathered and the material
supply and price fixing policy for new constructions to be carried out in
11 provinces were discussed.
• February 28th: A meeting was held with the members of the Antakya
Commodity Exchange. The steps to be taken in the field of food,
agriculture and animal husbandry were compiled.

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