... 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 ...
... working. Medics fitted him with a neck brace and he was carted away on a stretcher with an oxygen mask, Turkish TV showed. Many in Turkey have blamed faulty construction for the vast devastation, and authorities continued targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed. Turkey has introduced construction codes ...
... shown by broadcaster Haberturk. Rescuers then asked for quiet, and one shouted “Can anyone hear me?" in the frenzied hunt for more survivors. Many in Turkey have blamed faulty construction for the vast devastation, and authorities continued targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed. Turkey has introduced construction codes ...
Cengiz Caradag, Earthquake Survivor (through translator): This is the eighth day. From now on, we want psychological and financial help from the state. Jane Ferguson: Today, an independent business group estimated Turkey's financial damage at more than $84 billion. That damage extends out to rural areas. This snow-covered ...
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