In Hatay, which was destroyed by an earthquake, the rubble cannot be removed due to the lack of search and rescue, and rural areas cannot be reached. Ahmet Şık, from TİP, who is in the region, said: "The state, which does not come to save people, does not come to take out the bodies."
A person named Cuma, who was under the rubble in Antakya, lost his life after he cut his arm to save his nephew Kevser.
Citizens, waiting for good news around the rubble of Sözel Apartment Building, said: "The search and rescue is insufficient and we continue to wait desperately."
A citizen waiting for the search and rescue teams in Adana, where the earthquake caused destruction, looks at the feet of his mother, who died under the rubble for 3 days.
Condemning the pressure on journalists that was blocked with the state of emergency declared in the cities affected by the earthquake, IGC President Dilek Gappi said: "The first duty of the press is to point out what is wrong on behalf of the public and to reflect the situation and expectations of the people in an objective way."
It turned out that the AFAD officers who arrived 36 hours later in Adıyaman, where the search and rescue teams were insufficient, were untrained people dressed in "volunteer" shirts.
It has been stated that AFAD has not started a search and rescue operation in the Keferdız District of Nurdağı district, which has a population of 3 thousand, although 4 days have passed since the earthquake.
It was learned that MA reporter Mehmet Güleş was detained together with the volunteer during an interview where he criticized the rescue efforts of a volunteer who participated in the search and rescue efforts.
Three people lost their lives in the incident that the prisoners in Hatay Type T Closed Prison revolted and suppressed with the intervention of the soldiers.
Speaking during the HDP delegation's visit to the wrecked Nurdağı, citizens said: "The search and rescue team did not arrive and their rescue efforts are insufficient."
Police asked the journalists who were detained while they were following the news stories in the earthquake area, "Why did you come here?".
Netblocks announced that after the earthquakes, the vitally important social media platform Twitter was restricted in Turkey.
Minister of Transport Adil Karaismailoğlu and Governor Mahmut Çuhadar, who were condemned by citizens who are waiting desperately in the earthquake area in Adıyaman, left the area.
Professional organizations condemning the prevention of journalists working in earthquake areas said: "The right of People to be informed cannot be prevented."
MA reporter Mahmut Altıntaş and Mehmet Güleş, who was reporting news stories in earthquake areas, and JINNEWS reporter Sema Çağlak were detained.