Tayyip Erdoğan declared a state of emergency after 35 hours 2023-02-07 15:36:10     ANKARA - AKP President Tayyip Erdogan announced that he declared a state of emergency in 12 cities.   President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared a state of emergency (OHAL) for 3 months in 10 cities that suffered heavy destruction due to earthquakes in Mereş and Dilok (Antep).   Declaring a state of emergency in his statement, Tayyip Erdoğan said, “We are declaring 10 provinces where the earthquake occurred as disaster zones. We are declaring a state of emergency that will cover these 10 provinces and will last for 3 months. In this process, we will quickly complete the work of the Assembly."