President Erdoğan received information from Minister Kurum about the flood disaster in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, who was in Ayazağa, where the flood disaster occurred in Istanbul, and received information.

PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN: WE WILL GET RID OF THIS DISASTER ASAP

Addressing the citizens who were victims of the flood, President Erdoğan said, "First of all, I would like to express my wishes to get well soon to all my brothers and sisters who were victims of this flood disaster. Currently, both our ministers and our governor are all in the disaster area. I pray that God will grant us the ability to get rid of that disaster as soon as possible. May God help us. We are working and hopefully we will get rid of this disaster as soon as possible."

"WE WILL TAKE OUR CITIZENS IN THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE TO VACUATE TO SHELTER AREAS"

Minister Kurum informed President Erdoğan and said: Our missing citizens are being searched under the coordination of AFAD. Here too, the food and water needs of our citizens are met under the coordination of AFAD. There is no urgent problem at the moment. We will take our citizens staying in the buildings we need to evacuate to shelter areas. We follow this place with our friends. With God's permission, we will complete the process and be with our citizens.