Cost of damage from earthquake in Türkiye reaches $100 billion as donors pledge funds to assist recovery
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on March 20 that the cost of the damage from last month’s devastating earthquake had risen to $104 billion, as donors at a conference in Brussels vowed funds to help Türkiye and Syria. The European Union and international donors pledged 7 billion euros ($7.5 billion) to help the two nations in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of the neighboring countries last month. The European Commission said after the fundraising conference in Brussels that 6.05 billion euros of the total pledge will be going to Türkiye, in grants and loans. “The...
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