10 thousand lira household support payments to earthquake victims have begun

AFAD announced that the ‘Household Support Payments’ amounting to 10,000 Turkish Lira to be given to earthquake victims whose homes were damaged in the earthquake centered in Kahramanmaraş has begun. The Household Support Payments amounting to 10,000 Turkish Lira to be given to earthquake victims whose homes were damaged following the two earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 in Kahramanmaraş have begun to be made. In a written statement on the subject, AFAD announced that damage assessment work is continuing in the field and that payments will be made as the work is concluded. It was stated that the payments were made by AFAD, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs, and the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, taking into account the residence data obtained from the non-finalized damage assessment data, and it was announced that damage assessments have been completed in 337,933 households so far and payments have begun. It was noted that there is no requirement to apply through e-Government for payments, and that support payments will be made directly to the accounts of citizens who have an account at Ziraat Bank, and to the Turkish ID numbers of those who do not have an account.