Responses to the First Nationwide Earthquake Drill

Minister of Interior Suleyman Soyluannounced that a nationwide earthquake drill would be held on the 23rd anniversary of the Düzce Earthquake. With this exercise, it was tested whether different systems across the country would work in an integrated manner. DrillIt was held at 18:57, the time of the earthquake.

The exercise, according to social media shares not very successful it doesn’t look like. Because many people state that they do not receive messages as mentioned or that they receive them long after the exercise time. The majority of people who received the notification approximately 40 minutes later stated that they were Vodafone users. While the sirens are almost never used in order to avoid panic in the society, the reactions continue to show that the announcements are weak.

Some people complained that there was no message

Some people saw the situation as trolling

Some people complained of loneliness

Some people panic

Some people felt excluded

Some people stated that they were very unfamiliar with the situation.

Some people are generally disappointed

Some people were able to participate in the exercise.

There were even more notifications.

How to turn on emergency notifications?

Emergency notifications on your phone if not allowed, you should turn on such drill notifications or actual emergency notifications that we hope will not be needed at all. What you need to do to turn on your notifications is quite simple.

How to turn on Vital Alert Notifications on iOS devices?

By default iPhone and Apple Watchif these notifications that come on repeatedly are closed;

• to Settings go
• to Notifications go
• of the screen to the bottom swipe
• Vital Alert Notification Find the option. If it’s off, turn it on by tapping the button on the side.

How to turn on Vital Alert Notification on Android devices?

• Settings open the app
• Notifications choose
• Wireless emergency alerts tap
• Choose how often and what alerts you want to receive.

To turn on emergency SMS:

• Messages (SMS) go to settings from app
• In the menu that appears other settings select the option
• On the pop-up screen cell broadcast choose
• select channel Go to section and go to my channels header
• add channel select the option
• Give any name as the channel name and enter the channel number. 112 Enter as.
• located at the bottom enable channel Select the option.