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Thousands flee from earthquake-hit areas in Turkey, airlines offer free tickets
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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Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Are flights and holidays cancelled?
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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Photos: Syrians in quake-hit Gaziantep displaced again
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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Turkey-Syria earthquakes day three: What do we know so far?
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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Watch: Buildings collapse as 3 massive earthquake hits Turkey
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch: Buildings collapse as 3 massive earthquake hits Turkey

Live Mint  

Turkey was hit by three powerful earthquakes in 24 hours. On Monday, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centered in the Pazarcik district jolted Kahramanmaras and hit several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis, as per the Anadolu Agency report. As per Associated press, thousands of buildings were reported collapsed in a wide area extending …

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Residents struggle to flee quake-hit Turkish city of Gaziantep
1 year, 10 months ago

Residents struggle to flee quake-hit Turkish city of Gaziantep

Al Jazeera  

People who are stuck in the province take refuge in shopping malls, stadiums, mosques and community centres. “Then, we were just waiting in a traffic jam the whole night and morning in Nurdagi, and we had to find an alternative way south.” Yahaya Hassan Labaran, a Nigerian civil engineering PhD student at Gaziantep University, said that foreign students living alone …

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Why Turkey is prone to devastating earthquakes
1 year, 10 months ago

Why Turkey is prone to devastating earthquakes

The Hindu  

Three earthquake measuring -- 7.8, 7.6, and 6.0 -- magnitude on the Richter scale has devastated Turkey and Syria, while the impacting regions as far away as Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt. The tremors of the first quake were felt on February 6 around 4 a.m., with the epicentre located near the city of Gaziantep in south-central Turkey, which houses …

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Turkey earthquake claims over 500 lives: Why temblors in the West Asian country are so deadly
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey earthquake claims over 500 lives: Why temblors in the West Asian country are so deadly

Firstpost  

“I have never felt anything like this in the 40 years I have lived here,” Erdem, a resident of Gaziantep, said to Reuters as an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale rocked Turkey on Monday morning. As per the last count, at least 284 people have died and more than 2,300 were injured in Turkey, according to the country’s …

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