More than a month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people, there are still many unidentified dead in Turkey.
The number is steadily decreasing, but last week 2,500 bodies could not be allocated, Ahmet Hilal of the Association of Forensic Doctors told Turkish broadcaster NTV on Friday.
The dead were mostly identified through DNA testing. According to Hilal, blood, tissue, bone or tooth samples were taken before burial. In rare cases, however, graves would also have to be reopened. There was also confusion at the funerals. People would have mistakenly buried corpses if their relatives noticed the mistake and then buried the people anonymously again.
In addition to the many unidentified people, there are still many missing people who were rescued from the rubble, but whose trace has since been lost. Others have not been able to save to this day.
For example, on social media, many people in Turkey are still looking for friends, partners or relatives. The main opposition party, the CHP, had called for an inquiry into missing and unaccompanied children in parliament. However, according to Anka news agency, the application was rejected by the ruling AKP and its partner, the ultra-nationalist MHP.
CHP MP Ali Haydar Hakverdi accused the state of being responsible for hasty clean-ups and careless use of excavators in the rubble. Nothing was left of the bodies, Anka quoted the politician.
(yam/sda/dpa)
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