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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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Repeating his promise to mend the damage caused by the earthquakes within the span of a year, he said: "We will do whatever it takes to prepare our cities for disasters, starting from speeding up urban transformation projects as soon as possible."