A temporary plan to support businesses located in the areas affected by the earthquake, the Turkish authorities announced, in order to enable the payment of wages.

In the same direction, they banned layoffs in ten cities with the aim of protecting workers and businesses from economic consequences of the deadly earthquakes that hit the country at the beginning of the month.

These decisions are part of its efforts Turkish government to limit the economic fallout from the worst earthquake in the country’s modern history, which killed tens of thousands of people.

The employerswhose businesses “suffered moderate or severe damage” from the earthquake, will receive support by the government to cover part of the salaries of their employees, whose working hours have been reduced, it was announced today in the Government Gazette.

Redundancies are also prohibited in 10 regions affected by the earthquake, on which a state of emergency has been imposed.

Turkey’s parliament imposed a three-month state of emergency on February 7 at the request of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.