Türkiye Earthquake Situation Report #7 - 09 November 2023

The massive earthquakes that struck eastern Türkiye in February 2023 affected around 9.1 million
people across 11 provinces, leaving over 3.6 million individuals nationwide without safe homes. As of October 2023, almost 800,000 people were residing in formal and informal sites across six provinces — Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Malatya, and Osmaniye — with the construction of permanent homes underway in several provinces.

Nine months following the earthquakes, the health and protection infrastructure in the affected provinces remains below pre-disaster capacity. It is estimated that among those affected, around 102,000 women have given birth, and an additional 76,000 women are currently pregnant.