How did Turkey’s construction equipment industry respond to the February earthquake?

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

12 April 2023

The secretary general of Turkey’s two main construction equipment associations, İMDER and İSDER, tells International Rental News (IRN) how the industry responded to the earthquakes in February.

Oğuz Yusuf Yiğit, secretary general of İMDER and İSDER, recalls very clearly the days following the 6 February earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

“We received thousands of calls from people trying to find equipment to help in the rescue”, he says. It was traumatic for the staff involved because…

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