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Children's playground established in southern Türkiye to heal psychological scars left by quakes

Soldiers and police established the playground on the athletics track in Adıyaman's Sümerevler district in coordination with Turkish Ministry of National Education.

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Children who paint and play are also given psychosocial support by 25 volunteer teachers from Antalya and Batman provinces, said Serap Polat, a school counselor, who told Anadolu that they are mobilizing them because they have been traumatized by the massive earthquakes. "We came here with the slogan 'If a child laughs, the world laughs'," she explained, adding, "We are a team established under the Ministry of National Education that is entirely based on psychological first aid." When the children arrived, they were all nervous, Polat said.