Turkey set to recycle quake debris covering 'two Manhattans'

Japan-funded project targets some of 200m tonnes of rubble from February disaster

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Construction machinery digs in the rubble from buildings demolished by the deadly February earthquakes in Hatay, Turkey, on July 28 (Photo by Sinan Tavsan)

SINAN TAVSAN, Nikkei staff writer

CANAKKALE, Turkey -- Japan and the U.N.'s development agency signed an agreement Wednesday to build two "state of the art" rubble recycling facilities to help tackle mountains of debris left by Turkey's devastating February earthquakes.

The pilot projects will be built in southern Hatay and Kahramanmaras, two of the hardest hit cities among nearly a dozen shaken by a disaster that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, and saw over 300,000 structures destroyed or left uninhabitable due to severe damage.

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