Harsh reaction from earthquake survivors to Minister Kurum! 'Thanks to you, the homeland became a graveyard, don't forget!'

The post made by Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum regarding the earthquake has drawn significant backlash on social media. Minister Kurum, who shared the message "We have not forgotten, we will not forget," faced harsh criticism from earthquake survivors and social media users.

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Harsh reaction from earthquake survivors to Minister Kurum! 'Thanks to you, the homeland became a graveyard, don't forget!'

A year has passed since the February 6 earthquakes. Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum, who had previously made statements that housing would be delivered within a year following the earthquake disaster, has returned to the agenda with his social media post saying, "We have not forgotten, we will not forget."

We have not forgotten, we will not forget…#CenturyOfUnity pic.twitter.com/P3h0Nw79jS
— Murat KURUM (@murat_kurum) February 6, 2025

CAUSED REACTIONS

However, this post further increased the reaction of those criticizing the minister. In their social media comments, earthquake survivors directed harsh criticism at Minister Kurum regarding many issues, such as delayed intervention, inadequate rescue operations, and the failure to deliver promised housing.

Here are some of those comments...

I have not forgotten, and we have not forgotten. Did we learn any lessons after this event? What kind of innovation and revision was made in the law? For example, did you implement the mandatory seismic isolator system for columns? Will you explain what kind of changes have been made regarding today?

Why did you leave 53 thousand of our lives under the rubble and snow for 3 days during the February 6 earthquakes? Why didn't you go to help for 3 days?

Shame on you... We have not forgotten the zoning amnesty, that all of these happened during the AKP era, that people died freezing, that soldiers were not taken out of their barracks to help earthquake survivors, and that people who could have been saved were lost for nothing...

Mr. Kurum, you haven't forgotten, but you also didn't make it heard...

Even today you tormented the people of Hatay, I haven't forgotten either.

Exactly, we haven't forgotten. Özhaseki would want good engineering service, while Murat Kurum has the mindset of 'let the contractor win, it doesn't matter if the building is inspected!'

The selling of tents, the reading of funeral prayers (sela) while we were waiting to be rescued at the very beginning of the event, the inadequacy and lack of coordination in rescue operations, and the hopes and breaths lost under the rubble that might have been saved... we have not forgotten, we will not forget...