Turkey faces the challenge of continuing support for reconstruction in areas that suffered a devastating earthquake exactly one month ago.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southern Turkey near the Syrian border on February 6. The quake and subsequent tremors killed nearly 52,000 people -- 45,968 in Turkey and 5,914 in Syria.

The Turkish government says over 200,000 buildings have collapsed or have been heavily damaged in the country. Officials say 14 million, or 16 percent of Turkey's population, have lost their homes or otherwise been affected.

As many as 1.44 million people are reportedly forced to take shelter in tents.

Evacuees are complaining that water, food, and other daily necessities have not been delivered to the affected areas.

Some people in the hard-hit southern province of Kahramanmaras continue to live in simple tents under poor conditions with no electricity and water.

A man living with three family members said there are no places to sleep, food, drinking water, or even toilets. He criticized the government for being unaware of people displaced in the area.

The United Nations Development Programme estimates that Turkey alone has 100 million to 200 million tons of rubble caused by the earthquakes that need to be cleared away.

Meanwhile, survivors in the quake-stricken northwestern part of Syria, which is controlled by anti-government forces, have apparently not received enough relief goods. Supplies other countries have sent to the capital, Damascus, are waiting to be delivered to the region.