Rebuilding the vast area in Turkey ravaged by last week’s earthquake will require restoring 1mn plus buildings and cost tens of billions of dollars, according to early estimates of the “massive” reconstruction challenge.
While the full toll of the quake is still being calculated, local authorities and urban planners have begun to appraise what is likely to be Turkey’s biggest reconstruction effort since the republic was founded in 1923.
Half of the 3.4mn buildings in the affected region of southern Turkey may need to be demolished, said Eyüp Muhçu, head of the architects’ chamber at the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects.
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