Zeki Ceyhan: "With eyes open..."

Zeki Ceyhan: "With eyes open..."
Date: 8.2.2023 17:00

Milli Gazete columnist Zeki Ceyhan writes on the earthquake that took place in southern Turkey. Here is the full article.

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The last earthquake we experienced is, of course, a great disaster!
 
But there's a disaster that's bigger than that...
 
Insensitivity to earthquake warnings...
 
In their statements after the earthquake, geoscientists draw attention to the insensitivity experienced about the earthquake by saying, "We have been saying for years, over and over, that the region is pregnant with a major earthquake, but no local administrator has said what are you talking about".
 
What is the name of it if the feathers of the earth scientists wrote and uttered and there was such a great disaster at the end?
 
Of course, it is an earthquake that happens "with eyes open".
 
In other words, this disaster has been a disaster that has been warning us for years that "I am coming" rather than being a disaster that we experience "unexpectedly".
 
We know, now many speeches will be made again!
 
There will be many speeches!
 
Many promises will be lined up!
 
And in the end, everything will be left to itself!
 
Just like it was done after the Gölcük earthquake!
 
Just like it was done after the Adapazarı earthquake!
 
Just like it was done after the Düzce earthquake!
 
Just like it was done after the Van earthquake!
 
It is as if we are in a state of weakness as a nation!
 
Aren't we in a situation like we prefer to build new ones instead of the houses destroyed at the end of the earthquake instead of taking precautions before the earthquake?
 
We can neither prevent the construction of houses on stream beds, nor can we ensure that buildings resistant to earthquakes are built.
 
We pride ourselves on dressing for post-disaster wounds instead of taking precautions.
 
If the earth scientists' managers are warned by writing and speaking, and if these warnings are ignored, the name of this disaster will of course be the disaster that can be seen.
 
What happens when we write them? Will something change? We are afraid that this indifference will continue as it is!

YEREL HABERLER

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