Parliamentary Earthquake Commission
‘Cultural assets in risky areas should be moved’
The Parliamentary Earthquake Commission has advised that cultural structures that are in danger of collapsing due to liquefication on their grounds should be moved via a wheeled platform.
The commission, which was established after the devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes in the southern part of the country, submitted its 935-page report to Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop last week.
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‘Another zoning amnesty required for urban transformation’
The Parliamentary Earthquake Commission has requested for a zoning amnesty to be limited to urban transformation in order to solve the property problem of illegal structures.
The Commission also reported that around 6.7 million houses need to be retrofitted or rebuilt.