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Turkey earthquake: Family caught in disaster after attending funeral
A grieving family who flew from the UK for a funeral found themselves in the middle of a…
Turkey earthquake rescue: How two sisters were saved from the rubble
“Merve! Irem! Merve! Irem,” rescue worker Mustafa Ozturk is shouting. Everyone around us has been ordered to be…
Race to identify Türkiye quake victims
Tuba Yolcu is desperate for news of her missing aunt and scours a sports hall where victims of…
Urban planning failure behind major damage, expert says
The deadly earthquakes that jolted the Türkiye’s south were much more destructive than the tremors of similar magnitude in…
Former CHP leader Deniz Baykal passes away
Former CHP Chairman and MP Deniz Baykal passed away at the age of 84 on Feb. 11, CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu announced.…
Quake-hit region to experience cold for another week: Expert
Bitter cold weather that has become an obstacle before the search and rescue teams working day and night to rescue earthquake victims from…
We planned to rebuild hundreds of thousands buildings: Erdoğan
“We’ve planned to rebuild hundreds of thousands of buildings,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 11, in the earthquake-hit province of Diyarbakır. …
NATO to deploy fully-equipped shelter facilities to Türkiye
NATO allies agreed to deploy fully-equipped semi-permanent shelter facilities to Türkiye, in order to help accommodate people displaced by the…
Turkey: Greek couple found dead beneath rubble of home
A Greek couple missing since the devasting earthquake in Turkey on Tuesday been found dead beneath the rubble…
Rescuers pull family of 5 alive from rubble, 129 hours after quakes
Rescue teams in Türkiye have pulled five members of a single family alive from the wreckage of their…