In the statement made by the Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) Presidency, it was stated that in the first days of the disaster, in the provinces that were declared as “disaster areas effective in general life”, matching was made between the provinces in order to make emergency payments for disasters faster.
In this context, it was stated in the statement that the support provinces corresponding to the provinces in the disaster area were determined, and the following were noted:
“Because there was no ‘disaster area decision effective in general life’ in this matchmaking, Elazig was determined as a support province for Malatya. canceled and re-pairing was made as stated below.
In the first days of the earthquake, such a mapping was made for the rapid management of search and rescue and other emergency works, and these pairings do not have any relation with the impact and magnitude of the earthquake on our provinces. Moreover, this change made afterwards was corrected with a second text. We respectfully submit to the information of the public that this operation, which is purely technical and aimed at accelerating the process, should not be associated with the disaster dimension of Malatya or any other province of ours.
In the statement, the provinces affected by the disaster were supported by Kahramanmaraş’s Zonguldak Province AFAD, Hatay’s Trabzon Province AFAD, Malatya’s Presidency supported by Malatya Province AFAD, Adıyaman’s İzmir Province AFAD, Diyarbakır’s Presidency; It was stated that Adana, Kilis, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep and Elazığ were examined by the Provincial AFAD.