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.
Antakya, Turkey (AFP) Jan 28, 2024 - Mevlude Aydin cannot bring herself to visit the graves of her daughter and husband or the dozen other relatives she lost in Turkey s catastrophic earthquake one year ago.
Fear, uncertainty and grief year after Turkiye s quake arabnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arabnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over 65 nightmarish seconds of the pre-dawn hours of February 6, 2023, the ground swallowed swathes of entire cities across Turkeys southeast, resulting in more than 50,000 deaths. The initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the ground as far away as Egypt. Bridges ..