Erdogan “bitten” that they voted in the earthquake-affected areas of Turkey – what did they do?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party swept the presidential and parliamentary elections in the southern region of Turkey devastated by the twin earthquakes on February 6.

The earthquakes hit 11 provinces, killing more than 50,000 people, destroying hundreds of thousands of buildings and severely damaging infrastructure in the southeastern region of Turkey.

With around 96.49% of the votes counted, preliminary results show Erdogan leading in eight of the 11 provinces in the quake zone, including Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Elazig.

Opposition candidate Kemal Kilinkaroglu led the provinces of Adana, Diyarbakir and Hatay.

As for the parliamentary elections, preliminary results show that Erdogan’s party is leading in all provinces except Diyarbakir where the Green Left Party (YSP) dominates, with around 95.55% of the votes counted.

More than 64 million people, including 3.4 million overseas voters, were eligible to vote.

Erdogan’s party has controlled 11 provinces that have been affected by devastating earthquakes for years. And now, as the election date approaches, Erdogan’s government has made a decision to provide free transportation to the earthquake-affected areas for those affected who were forced to migrate because of the earthquake, with the aim of voting, of course.

About 14 million people in 11 provinces were affected by the quake. Nearly 9 million of them were eligible to vote. According to information, about 3 million people left the earthquake zone for other provinces, and they were the ones who were granted the right to move freely.

An estimated 1.2 million people out of the three million people internally displaced by the earthquake returned to affected areas yesterday to vote.

Erdogan focused his election campaign on rebuilding the earthquake-hit areas. It has pledged to build 319,000 homes annually. At rallies during the pre-election period, he described the past projects as proof that only his government could take back the region.

The United Nations Development Program estimates that the damage caused by the earthquakes exceeds $100 billion.

Reconstruction work is continuing, including the orderly demolition of buildings and rubble removal in the area.

More than 100,000 homes have already been built. Erdogan stated that the government will not leave the quake zone until the construction of 650,000 homes is completed…

angry on social media

However, objections have already been voiced on Turkish social media, and there are angry posts about residents of the affected areas once again giving a vote of confidence to Erdogan.

Critics of Erdogan’s government blamed it for the sluggish response and reaction to the February 6 earthquake, and many opposition supporters expected voters in the region to support Kilindaroglu.

In Kahramanmaras, the epicenter, preliminary results published by Anadolu Agency showed that more than 71% of the votes went to Erdogan.

“This means that from now on, we shouldn’t feel bad for anyone. People decide their own fate,” one social media user wrote, referring to earthquake victims.

“I really don’t believe this. I won’t bother most of them anymore [τα θύματα του σεισμού]Someone else noticed.

I was so stressed after the earthquake that I didn’t try to do anything. I fell ill from grief. these [τα θύματα του σεισμού] They can go and ask the AKP for help. Nothing to say,” read another post.

Another user wrote that he only felt sorry for the children affected by the earthquake, but otherwise stated that he had lost all empathy for the affected people. “Other than the children, I will not grieve for anyone else anymore,” he added.