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Erdoğan pledges to preserve fabric of quake-hit historical provinces

"We cannot ignore structural changes to our (quake-hit) cities, where we've been living in brotherhood and which have been home to civilizations for thousands of years," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a press briefing on a visit to Adiyaman, one of the provinces badly hit by the earthquakes. Erdoğan also asked for earthquake victims' blessing over rescue delays while visiting the southern province of Adıyaman.

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"Due to the devastating effect of the tremors and the bad weather, we were not able to work the way we wanted in Adıyaman for the first few days. I apologise for this," he said.