Urban resilience, climate adaptation, and post-disaster reconstruction have emerged among the key themes of the 13th session of the World Urban Forum 13 in Baku. The devastating February 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye, which affected 11 provinces and caused massive destruction across the country’s southeast, further accelerated regional efforts focused on sustainable reconstruction, disaster preparedness, and long-term urban resilience.

In this context, AzerNEWS had the chance to talk with the Head of Housing Development Administration of the Republic of Türkiye (TOKİ), Ahmet Kutlug Gayretli, who stated that resilient cities are not only about constructing buildings that can survive earthquakes, but about ensuring that urban life itself can continue after disasters.

These deliberations are taking place against the backdrop of Türkiye embarking on one of the world’s biggest post-calamity reconstruction drives coordinated by TOKİ and the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. As per the official estimates, tens........

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