the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severely damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic monuments destroyed. caroline davies reports. the devastation only gets closer. until you weave in the gaps between the slipped slabs of concrete, deep into the old city of antakya. for 20 years, mehmet led tourists around these ancient streets. now, even he can t find his bearings. everything has changed, he says. stones and debris of collapsed homes block our path at almost every turn. translation: this was - a beautiful area where we took our groups to. old antakya houses, old anta kya streets, all destroyed, unfortunately.
outside a restaurant, mehmet makes a call to the owner. translation: i m afraid to call people because i don t know- if they are dead or alive, so i am scared. i am relieved to hear your voice. the owner is alive, but his business partner and their entire family have been killed. this was how these streets used to look. full of life and noise. now drained and empty. outside a butcher s shop, this man weeps for his nephew, who used to work there. my dear one has gone, the world has ended for me, he says. across antakya, the devastation is still raw. but mehmet is taking comfort in the city s history and its record of resilience. translation: so many| cultures and civilisations have been and gone here. it has been destroyed and rebuilt.
the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severely damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic monuments destroyed. caroline davies reports. the devastation only gets closer, until you weave in the gaps between the slipped slabs of concrete, deep into the old city of antakya. for 20 years, mehmet led tourists around these ancient streets. now, even he can t find his bearings. everything has changed, he says. stones and debris of collapsed homes block our path at almost every turn. translation: this was - a beautiful area where we took our groups to. old antakya houses, old anta kya streets, all destroyed, unfortunately.
have been killed. this was how these streets used to look. full of life and noise. now drained and empty. outside a butcher s shop, this man weeps for his nephew who used to work there. my dear one has gone, the world has ended for me, he says. across antakya, the devastation is still raw. but mehmet is taking comfort in the city s history and its record of resilience. translation: so many cultures and civilisations have been and gone here. it has been destroyed and rebuilt. and this time it will be reborn again. caroline davies, bbc news, antakya. this is bbc news. our main stories: western leaders put forward a unified front as they call for military support for ukraine in its fight against russia, just