ANTAKYA, Turkey — When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk’s apartment building collapsed in Turkey’s devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive — but pinned under the wreckage. Ten minutes later, she died.” He blamed “ignorance and lack of information and care — that’s why my mother died in front of my eyes.” Many in Turkey express similar frustration that …
When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk's apartment building collapsed in Turkey's devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive — but pinned under the wreckage. ‘No one came’ Many in Turkey express similar frustration that rescue operations have been painfully slow since the February 6 quakes and that valuable time was lost during the narrow window for finding people alive. …
When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk's apartment building collapsed in Turkiye's devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive- but pinned under the wreckage. Like many others in Turkiye, his sorrow and disbelief have turned to rage over the sense there has been an unfair and ineffective response to the historic disaster that has killed tens of thousands of people …
A devoted dog has spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where her sick owner was receiving treatment. Senturk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, said she would take Boncuk home but the dog would repeatedly run off and return to the hospital. Last year in December, a 30-seconds long video of a loyal dog that had refused to eat or …
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