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Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.8 Mw (± 0.1) and 7.5 Mw occurred on February 6, 2023, nine hours apart, with epicenters in the Pazarcık and Ekinözü districts of Kahramanmaraş, respectively. As a result of the earthquakes, at least 50 thousand 399 people died in Türkiye, and at least 8 thousand 476 people in Syria according to official figures, and more than 122 thousand people were injured in total. More than 24,000 aftershocks of up to 6.7 Mw occurred after the earthquakes. The provinces of Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Elazığ were affected by the earthquakes. Turkey Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Project is an emergency project funded by the World Bank and implemented by MoEUCC in cooperation with the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency. The main objective of the project is the in-situ reconstruction of collapsed or severely damaged village houses in rural areas. The project aims to reconstruct 1500 village houses. Right owners will choose from building types designed in accordance with the rural area.