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In the two weeks since deadly earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria, the focus has shifted from rescue to rehabilitation. The task ahead is not only to reconstruct homes, but also to rebuild lives, especially for the youngest victims. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 continues to rise as more bodies are retrieved from the rubble of demolished buildings. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the already battered province of Hatay this week damaged ...
... from liability on the internet, allowing them to grow into the giants they are today. If the court bars the lawsuit involving the attack in Turkey from going forward it could avoid a major ruling on the companies' legal immunity. That outcome would leave the current system in place, but ...
... need to be torn down. Turkey's defense minister said about 20,000 Syrians living in Turkey had returned to Syria after the quakes. “They are returning to their lands because they lost their homes and their relatives,” Hulusi Akar said from Hatay on Tuesday. Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey.
In our news wrap Monday, a new earthquake touched off more terror across the Turkey-Syria border region, the far-right government in Israel advanced an overhaul of the courts amid mass dissent, the UN nuclear watchdog says it's asking Iran about signs of uranium being enriched to levels very near nuclear weapons-grade and dozens of people...
... being housed in temporary shelters. The Turkish disaster management agency AFAD on Monday raised the number of confirmed fatalities from the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey to 41,156. That increases the overall death toll in both Turkey and Syria to 44,844. Search and rescue operations for survivors have ...
John Yang: The World Health Organization estimates 26 million people urgently need help with shelter, medicine and psychological support. Survivors in both Syria and Turkey experienced enormous trauma. 17 year old Taha Erdem thought he would die beneath the rubble. Taha Erdem, Earthquake Survivor (through translator): I think this is ...
... Constitution, Turkey cannot hold elections later than June. But Erdogan tested the waters in the last few days. One of his close associates suggested that Turkey should not hold elections soon. And the opposition parties responded strongly, saying that it was unconstitutional for Turkey to hold elections after June, June ...
Over 2 million people have left the disaster zone in Turkey, but in the worst-hit city, hundreds are still waiting. At every corner, a few people look at a pile of rubble, praying for a wife, a sister, a son or a friend.
The search for the missing is ongoing, but a search for answers here has just begun. Fourteen arrests have been made and more than 100 warrants are out for builders suspected of cutting corners. Lawyers are here gathering evidence for Turkey's prosecutors. Egemen Gurcun, Lawyer: At the same time ...
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