In Turkey, 17 million 682 thousand 80 residential earthquake insurance number 9 million 511 thousand 200 that was 53.80 percent ratio of our insurance. Real estate expert Mustafa Hakan Ozelmacikli, who made evaluations on the subject, said, “Our country, where we have to live with the fact of earthquake, has a very weak score in the DASK policies in some provinces that will provide for the damages that may occur as a result of earthquakes in buildings; For example, while Şırnak ranks last with 9.8 percent in the insurance rate, this rate is only 10.4 percent in Hakkari. In the provinces with high insurance coverage, Bolu ranks first with 89.1 percent, while Yalova is second with 86.1 percent, Sakarya with 83.2 percent, and Tekirdağ with fourth with 81.5 percent. ”
“COMPULSORY EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE IS OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”
Özelmacıklı said: “According to the statement made by AFAD today, the number of damaged buildings was 2,945. 87 of the 2 thousand 945 buildings surveyed in Elazig and Malatya were demolished. It was determined that 1287 of them were heavily damaged, 56 of them were medium and 876 were of little damage. In the studies in which 12 buildings to be demolished immediately were detected, 627 buildings were found to be undamaged. The insurance rate in Elazig is 35 percent and 43 thousand 137 of 123 thousand 310 residences have a policy. In Malatya, the insurance rate is 38 percent and 62 thousand 997 of 165 thousand 690 houses are insured. In fact, as all our citizens, Compulsory Earthquake Insurance is our social responsibility. ” (IHA)
