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If they are dead or alive, so i m 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. 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. ....
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. known as antioch, in roman and medieval times, this city has been significant forjudaism, islam, and was one of the earliest centres of christianity. now, the gaping arches are all that remains of the orthodox church here. bell towers and minarets crumbled. outside a restaurant, mehmet makes a call to the owner. i m afraid to call people, because i don t know ....
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. | 0ld antakya houses, old anta kya streets, all destroyed, unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and medieval times, this city has been significant forjudaism, islam, and was one of the earliest centres of christianity. now, the gaping arches are all that remains of the orthodox church here. bell towers and minarets crumbled. 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 ....
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. nearly two weeks after the earthquakes, the body of the ghanaian footballer christian atsu has been found in the rubble of his home in turkey. this afternoon, his former clubs chelsea and everton paid tribute with a minute s applause. ....
This afternoon, his former clubs chelsea and everton paid tribute with a minute s applause. the 31 year old was currently playing for turkish club hatayspor. the death toll from the quakes is now more than 45,000, with millions left homeless. the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severely damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic monuments destroyed as our correspondent caroline davies reports. the devastation only gets closer. until you weave in the gaps between the slip 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. ....