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3 days, 19 hours ago

The warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Turkey gained renown as a haven for refugees by welcoming more than 3 million Syrians fleeing violence between forces from Bashar Assad ’s government and a patchwork of rebel groups. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print ‘My children were born here’ Cabuli spent several years in a refugee camp before …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

In Turkey’s Gaziantep, weddings are dispelling some post-earthquake sadness

Al Jazeera

In the lively wedding district, celebrations are cautiously starting up again as couples start their futures together. “I remember similar fears during the war in Syria.” Gaziantep, which is among the bigger and richer Anatolian cities, has had many big bridal shops and wedding venues set up here and, since the beginning of the Syrian conflict, many Syrian refugees like …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

A year on from Turkey’s earthquake disaster, the trauma haunts survivors

Al Jazeera

Thousands of lives changed forever when powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria last year, and mental scars remain. Abdulghani’s husband did not survive the first magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by a second magnitude 7.6 one later in the day and hundreds of aftershocks, that killed more than 50,000 people in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 last year. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Future unknown but Syrians in Turkey ‘relieved’ after Erdogan win

Al Jazeera

Gaziantep, Turkey — Hatim al-Abdullah, a dual Syrian-Turkish citizen, voted for the first time in Turkey’s elections in May, which returned longtime leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a five-year presidential term. The xenophobic rhetoric heard first in the aftermath of the earthquakes, then during the election campaigns, made Syrians feel like their time in Turkey would soon come to a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The Aleppo electronic artists using music to heal in Gaziantep

Al Jazeera

Electronic music artists who fled the war in Syria recreate Aleppo’s nightlife as a way of processing war and earthquake traumas and bringing Syrians and Turks together. “It’s scary how much it reminded us of the war days: The screams, the sorrow, the displacement… but we promised our audience that music would be back stronger than ever to cheer us …

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1 year, 10 months ago

After Turkey’s earthquake comes the reckoning. ‘Why are we unprepared?’

Live Mint

KAHRAMANMARAS : After an earthquake killed thousands near Istanbul in 1999, a young Islamist who had served as the city’s mayor boosted his political career by taking tea with survivors in their tents and asking, where is the state? “I said to him, ‘This is an industrial city—why are we unprepared?’ " said Mr. Yilmaz, a retired baby crib manufacturer …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Thousands flee from earthquake-hit areas in Turkey, airlines offer free tickets

India Today

Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines in Turkey on Sunday announced free tickets for all those from affected areas to Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya and other safer locations. Rescue operations entered the seventh day on Sunday as rescuers scoured debris to look for survivors after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 28,000 people in one of the region's …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Survivors band together in Turkey’s earthquake-hit Gaziantep

Al Jazeera

People come together to provide aid and organise a response neighbourhood by neighbourhood in this devastated city. ‘Complete terror’ A few hours after the quake, restaurant owners and bars opened their doors distributing hot tea, bread, and a safe place to protect victims from the cold. “I immediately came to my bar as soon as I saw all those people …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey detains 12 over collapsed buildings after quake: report

The Hindu

The Turkish police have detained 12 persons over collapsed buildings in the southeastern provinces of Gaziantep and Sanliurfa, local media reported on Saturday, following the huge quake that hit Turkey. At least 6,000 buildings collapsed after a 7.8-magnitude tremor hit the region, killing more than 25,000 people, sparking anger over the poor quality of housing. There are expected to be …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey-Syria earthquake: ‘It looked like a nuclear bomb had been dropped’

The Hindu

Published : Feb 10, 2023 18:46 IST Ayan Guldogan, a journalist working for a local news station in the rural district of Suruc in Türkiye’s border province of Sanliurfa, woke up on the morning of February 6 to find his bed turned upside down by a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that shook the region, killing at least 20,000 people in a …

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1 year, 10 months ago

A Dost Indeed: How India is going above and beyond to help earthquake-hit Turkey

Firstpost

The search and rescue teams deployed by India are winning hearts in Turkey and at home. The rescue of a six-year-old girl by NDRF personnel in Gaziantep city and the picture of a Turkish survivor kissing the cheek of a woman officer give hope amid all doom and despair India has gone above and beyond to help its ‘dost’ Turkey …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Hatayspor withdraws from Turkish league after earthquake - clubs union president

The Hindu

Hatayspor has withdrawn from the Turkish Super Lig following the devastating earthquake that hit the country this week, the president of the Turkish Union of Clubs Ali Koc said on Thursday. Hatayspor’s Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu remains missing despite the club’s vice president saying earlier this week that he had been rescued from the rubble with injuries and transported to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Live Updates I Aid, rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

Associated Press

Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath collapsed buildings Thursday, but hopes were fading of finding many more people alive after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Guterres spoke to reporters at U.N. headquarters Thursday, hours after a U.N. aid convoy crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest for the first time since Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. ___ U.N. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Watch: The moment NDRF team rescued a 6-year-old girl from debris in quake-hit Turkey

Firstpost

The NDRF is working to extricate live victims from under the rubble and providing first-aid to the injured, before handing them over to medical response authorities New Delhi: A team of India’s National Disaster Response Force engaged in relief and rescue operations in the quake-hit Turkey has successfully rescued a six-year-old girl from under the rubble in Gaziantep. Team IND-11 …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey Earthquake: Miracle rescue by India's NDRF as 8-year-old girl pulled alive from debris

India TV News

Turkey Earthquake: A team from National Disaster Response Force on Friday rescued an 8-year-old child from debris in Gaziantep, Turkey. Sharing the news on Twitter, "Hard work and motivation pays; NDRF team in co-ordination with Turkish Army successfully rescued another live victim at 15:45 hrs at Loc Bahceli Evler Mahallesi, Nurdagi, Gaziantep, Turkiye." Applauding the rescue operation Home Minister Amit …

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1 year, 10 months ago

NDRF personnel rescue six-year-old girl in earthquake-ravaged Turkey’s Gaziantep

The Hindu

The National Disaster Response Force personnel on Thursday rescued a six-year-old girl in the earthquake-ravaged Turkey’s Gaziantep. Union Home Minister Amit Shah commended the NDRF for the rescue operation, tweeting: “Under the guidance of PM @narendramodi, we are committed to making @NDRFHQ the world’s leading disaster response force. In the rescue operations in Türkiye, Team IND-11 saved the life of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Are flights and holidays cancelled?

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck an area of southeast Turkey, with tourists urged by the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

11,000 dead as Turkey, Syria earthquake search continues

Al Jazeera

The death toll has surpassed 11,200 people and could yet increase dramatically if the worst fears of experts are realised. Rescuers raced to pull survivors from earthquake rubble as the death toll surpassed 9,000 in southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria on Wednesday. The hope of rescuing more people from under the rubble is now fading, as time passes since …

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1 year, 10 months ago

As aid is rushed into Turkey, Syria could be left behind

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Mehmet Murat Onel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images People wait near a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, hoping for news of their missing relatives on February 14. Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Raziye Kilinc is carried through …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Photos: Syrians in quake-hit Gaziantep displaced again

Al Jazeera

Gaziantep, Turkey – For many Syrians living in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday have awakened traumatic memories of the 12-year war in their homeland. “We thought that living on the other side of the border would bring us to safety,” said Ahmad al-Rifai, 21, originally from Aleppo. “But we found ourselves reliving …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey-Syria earthquakes day three: What do we know so far?

Al Jazeera

Search and rescue operations in southern Turkey and northern Syria have entered their third day as the death toll surpassed 9,600 amid a warning from the World Health Organization that time was running out to save those still trapped under earthquake-toppled buildings. Those efforts – buoyed by an array of international pledges to provide engineers, emergency responders and search dogs …

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54 years, 11 months ago

The Grim Reality About Saving People Trapped by an Earthquake

Slate

They’re pushing 40, but in Mexico they will always be the “miracle babies.” After the 1985 earthquake devastated Mexico City, 14 infants survived the collapse of the Hospital Juárez. A 2017 review of case studies by engineers at UNAM in Mexico City concluded that on average, more than half of people trapped in building collapses ultimately survive. After the 2011 …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey, Syria earthquake: How a 2,000-year-old castle, ancient mosques and a church were destroyed

Firstpost

At least 6,000 buildings have been reduced to rubble in the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, including centuries-old monuments. Parts of the Gaziantep Castle, built during the Roman Empire in Turkey, have collapsed, and structures in Aleppo’s old city in Syria have been reportedly damaged The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria claimed more than 5,000 lives, leaving …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey, Syria earthquake: How severe weather conditions are hampering rescue efforts

Firstpost

Rescuers and volunteers are battling freezing rain and sub-zero temperatures to find survivors following the devastating 7.8-strong earthquake in Turkey and Syria Hatay: Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes. “That was the first time …

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The warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried

In Turkey’s Gaziantep, weddings are dispelling some post-earthquake sadness

A year on from Turkey’s earthquake disaster, the trauma haunts survivors

Future unknown but Syrians in Turkey ‘relieved’ after Erdogan win

The Aleppo electronic artists using music to heal in Gaziantep

After Turkey’s earthquake comes the reckoning. ‘Why are we unprepared?’

Thousands flee from earthquake-hit areas in Turkey, airlines offer free tickets

Survivors band together in Turkey’s earthquake-hit Gaziantep

Turkey detains 12 over collapsed buildings after quake: report

Turkey-Syria earthquake: ‘It looked like a nuclear bomb had been dropped’

A Dost Indeed: How India is going above and beyond to help earthquake-hit Turkey

Hatayspor withdraws from Turkish league after earthquake - clubs union president

Live Updates I Aid, rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

Watch: The moment NDRF team rescued a 6-year-old girl from debris in quake-hit Turkey

Turkey Earthquake: Miracle rescue by India's NDRF as 8-year-old girl pulled alive from debris

NDRF personnel rescue six-year-old girl in earthquake-ravaged Turkey’s Gaziantep

Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Are flights and holidays cancelled?

11,000 dead as Turkey, Syria earthquake search continues

As aid is rushed into Turkey, Syria could be left behind

Photos: Syrians in quake-hit Gaziantep displaced again

Turkey-Syria earthquakes day three: What do we know so far?

The Grim Reality About Saving People Trapped by an Earthquake

Turkey, Syria earthquake: How a 2,000-year-old castle, ancient mosques and a church were destroyed

Turkey, Syria earthquake: How severe weather conditions are hampering rescue efforts