Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally. File photo
"Our aim is to restore our cities in the earthquake zone by handing over 319,000 residences and village houses to owners within a year," Erdogan said at a ground-breaking ceremony in quake-hit Elazig province.
According to state-run Anadolu Agency, Erdogan said Turkey will erase the traces of the destruction caused by the disaster, and prepare "more strongly" for possible disasters in the future.
Magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces. The quakes, as well as many others in northern Syria have affected more than 13.5 million people in Turkey.
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