Financial and social disaster. A region already destabilised by war, where another humanitarian crisis is unfolding. The worst Case Scenario is that people who werent killed by the earthquake are killed by the failure to get aid to them after the earthquake. Across turkey and syria, families were woken by a massive earthquake. This ten storey Apartment Block collapsed, the rubble trapping residents. My colleague, selin gerit, went to meet a woman who lived on the third floor. Dilek s father and brother also died. The earthquake s epicentre was close to the turkish syrian border. It was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. 13 year old rola was at home injindires, North West Syria, when it happened. This happened at a depth of around 15 to 20 kilometres. What this means is its shallow enough that those first waves are really powerful, and if they reach the surface quickly, they still have a lot of energy and they can cause a huge amount of damage. In iskenderun, Southern Turkey,
financial and social disaster. a region already destabilised by war, where another humanitarian crisis is unfolding. the worst case scenario is that people who weren t killed by the earthquake are killed by the failure to get aid to them after the earthquake. across turkey and syria, families were woken by a massive earthquake. this ten storey apartment block collapsed, the rubble trapping residents. my colleague, selin gerit, went to meet a woman who lived on the third floor. dilek s father and brother also died. the earthquake s epicentre was close to the turkish/syrian border. it was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. 13 year old rola was at home injindires, north west syria, when it happened. this happened at a depth of around 15 to 20 kilometres. what this means is it s shallow enough that those first waves are really powerful, and if they reach the surface quickly, they still have a lot of energy and they can cause a huge amount of damage. in iskenderun, sout
mind at this time. cemil gorsal s sister and her husband are missing. i haven t been able to hear from herfor some time. do you have any hope that she might still appear? no. no hope. i kind of do, but i m losing that hope every day, obviously. her street is completely destroyed and, you know, aid isn t able to reach places that are most affected. in turkey, anger about the government response was growing.
..leading to accusations on twitter of censorship. then this happened. turkey blocked access to twitter. blocking twitter, the turkish government is really showing that although turkey is a democracy, this democracy is being threatened by increasing curbs of freedom of expression. back in the uk, cemil gorsal and his son erkan lost an important source of information. in time of desperate need in the last few days, how on earth a government can stop twitter? how do you expect these people to communicate with each other to find out what s happening in their cities to loved ones? people are asking to be saved - and the government decides, 0k, well now we re going
when she says no one came, the reporter cut her off. ..leading to accusations on twitter of censorship. then this happened. turkey blocked access to twitter. blocking twitter, the turkish government is really showing that although turkey is a democracy, this democracy is being threatened by increasing curbs of freedom of expression. back in the uk, cemil gorsal and his son erkan lost an important source of information. in time of desperate need in the last few days, how on earth a government can stop twitter? how do you expect these people to communicate with each other to find out what s happening in their cities to loved ones? people are asking to be saved - and the government decides, 0k,