Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority

Around 92 percent of Turkey's mainland is on a seismic belt with 95 percent of its population living on it, said Fuat Oktay, head of the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), in a written message published for the "1-7 March Week of Earthquake." 

Despite all search efforts and almost 200 interrogations, there was still no clue on Jan. 19 about the whereabouts two children who went missing 22 days ago in the Re?adiye district of northern Tokat province.

Some 64 earthquakes have occurred in 10 hours in the eastern province of Malatya, causing injures to one child in the area.

The first shock, with a magnitude of 5.1, occurred in Malatya's Hekimhan district at 2:28 a.m. on Nov. 30. One child sustained slight injuries when a wall collapsed.

As Turkey has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighboring Syria, local Turkmens and the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started fighting each other on Nov. 23 to secure control of a hill close to the Turkmen-dominated Bay?rbucak region in northwestern Syria. 

Four people who were reported missing after going on a hike in a forested area in the western province of Manisa have been found after a comprehensive search effort.

A group of Syrian migrants have been denied entry to a mosque in the Aegean province of ?zmir, after spending days at the mosque in an effort to secure basic living needs, such as food and accommodation.

Fewer and fewer migrants are being seen on the streets and in the parks of the Aegean province of ?zmir as Syrian refugees preparing to sail for Greece have been gathered and sent to tent camps, after being initially brought to a nearby stadium, CNNTürk has reported.

Syrian migrants who are attempting to enter ?zmir in preparation for journeys to Greece are increasingly being prevented from reaching the Aegean Sea, while others already there are being gathered in a stadium.

Turkey's Interior Ministry Migration Management Directorate and Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) have been working on a new bill to deport Syrian migrants who were once subjected to illegal migration attempts in Turkish territories, ?zmir Governor Mustafa Toprak has said.

Last week, Turkey had a strong presence in Japan. A wide delegation under the leadership of the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) attended the U.N. world conference on ?Disaster Risk Reduction.? The summit was held in Sendai, a town in the northeast of the country.