CHP Diyarbakir MP Sezgin Tanrikulu disclosed the cancellation of loans to the province. CHP Diyarbakir MP Sezgin Tanrikulu disclosed the cancellation of the loans to the earthquake-hit zones in some provinces including Diyarbakir.

Giving the news from his social media account Tanrikulu wrote, “The loans to the earthquake-hit zones have been canceled in a few provinces including Diyarbakir. What is the purpose of abolishing these loans just after the elections? Is it linked to the election?

“The loans to the earthquake-hit regions should cover the whole of the 11 provinces in the disaster area. The discrimination should be corrected at once. I am addressing the government. Do not victimize the Diyarbakir small shop owners this way.”

“Related to the elections?

Tanrukulu explained that the Shopkeepers Warranty Cooperatives Union had announced granting of 250 thousand lira of a loan at the earthquake-hit zones in addition to the 500 thousand allocated before. This was a one-year non-refundable fund. It was covering 11 provinces.

“However, yesterday, so as of June 1, this loan was canceled in a number of provinces including Diyarbakir.

“Now we have to ask? What is the purpose of abolishing this loan just after the elections? Is it related to the elections? Diyarbakir is one of the provinces hit by the earthquake; more slightly but it was hit. Our shopkeepers have been the victims, just as in other provinces,” Tanrikulu wrote.

February 6 earthquakes

On February 6, two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 struck the southern city of Maras. The first quake in the Pazarcik district at 4.17 a.m. was followed by the second one in Elbistan about nine hours later.

The quakes affected 11 cities in Türkiye’s south and southeast, as well as Syria’s northern parts, where over 5,000 people have died.

Türkiye’s death toll from the quakes stands at over 50,000.

Nearly two million people have been displaced due to the earthquakes.

Source: English Bianet