Türkiye on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people and parts of entire cities in the earthquake-prone country's deadliest disaster of modern times. Grieving Turks are still coming to terms with how a 7.8-magnitude tremor could upturn the lives of millions of people in a matter of seconds while they were still asleep, said AFP on Sunday. An updated toll released Friday showed that 53,537 people had died across 11 southeastern provinces officially designated as the disaster zone.
Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people and parts of entire cities in the earthquake-prone country's deadliest disaster of modern times.The confirmed loss of 5,951 more lives in neighbouring Syria makes last year's February 6 earthquake one of the 10 deadliest in the world in the past 100 years.
Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people and parts of entire cities in the earthquake-prone country s deadliest disaster of modern times.
Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people and parts of entire cities in the earthquake-prone country s deadliest disaster of modern times.
Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people and parts of entire cities in the earthquake-prone country's deadliest disaster of modern times.Grieving Turks are still coming to terms with how a 7.8-magnitude tremor could upturn the lives of millions of people in a matter of seconds while they were still asleep.An updated toll released Friday showed that 53,537 people had died across 11 southeaster provinces officially designated as the disaster zone.