Pléiades image of AFAD relief center at Hatay Stadium

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Simon Gascoin, 22 février 2023

In Turkey, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), affiliated to the Ministry of Interior, has completed the installation of 300 thousand tents in the provinces affected by the earthquakes.

On Feb 16, Pléiades captured such installation on the parking of the New Hatay Stadium near Antakya. I count about 400 tents in this picture.

Read more about the life in this camp in this report by CNN Turk.

Top picture from U.S. Department of State from United States — Aerial View of the Hatay Province in Turkey, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128881541

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