Fear Of Aftershocks In Debris-strewn Turkey

a year ago 06/02/2023
  • Diyarbakir - Tulin Akkaya had just started to gather her thoughts after being woken by the biggest earthquake to strike Turkey in nearly a century when a second massive jolt sent her scrambling for safety on the street.

    Buildings lay in ruins around her southeastern city of Diyarbakir - home to many of the millions who have fled war and poverty in neighbouring Syria.

    The same crescent of devastation stretched across major cities running along the two countries border in the wake of the 7.8-mag... [see source for more information]

  • A devastating earthquake of 7.4 Richter Scale hit in the midnight South Turkey centred in Kahramanmaras and affected an area of around 400 km ar...