Turkey's earthquake

According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, there were an overall of 141000 Turkish and foreign rescue workers on site.

More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from the earthquake area, he said. Following Monday’s earthquake in Turkey, no fewer than 7,000 relief workers from 61 countries are in the country to help in the search and rescue efforts, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, there were an overall of 141,000 Turkish and foreign rescue workers on site.

Associated Press photojournalit Petros Giannakouris tells Kathimerini about the realities on the ground in earthquake-stricken southern Turkey.

“This, a dead body inside the bulldozer’s blade, is what I mean by harsh reality. “An old grandpa sitting on a chair; his relatives are buried in the nearby ruins. The sense that life prevails, after all and despite everything, is there.” “Private individuals improvise mass catering services to feed the residents and the rescue teams,” Giannakouris says. Despte this, Giannakouris wants to end the conversation on a positive note: “when you see people, and especially children, brought alive from under the ruins, everyone experiences relief for a while. But, “however many times you experience them, you still get the same shock and awe,” the experienced camera man adds.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has commiserated with the Government of Turkey over the ...

The Permanent Secretary of the Fed Min of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Dr Nasir Sani Gwarzo mni. “We received with sadness, the news of the devastating earthquake in your country. Hidayet Bayraktar on behalf of the federal government on Friday described the earthquake and its aftermath as devastating.

President Erdogan, who consolidated control over disaster-response institutions, faces rising anger ahead of national elections.

First Surat Group said it is a challenging time, not just for Turkey but for the world.

In fact, the level of destruction and the pain unleashed by the incident is inconceivable. So, it is almost impossible for us to gauge the turns of nature. Good journalism costs a lot of money. From the footage, it is obvious that thousands of lives have been lost and more than half of the city of Kahramanmaras has been completely destroyed. “From the footage, it is obvious that thousands of lives have been lost and more than half of the city of Kahramanmaras has been completely destroyed. As humans, we are extremely weak and highly limited in knowledge.

Adem Altan can't compare the picture he took on a cold morning this week with any of the tens of thousands he has shot in his 41 years as a photojournalist.

“Hundreds of people shared it on social media and I got hundreds of messages saying things like ‘A very powerful photograph showing the pain of the earthquake’ and ‘A photograph we will never forget until we die.’” “The photo attracted a lot of attention, yes. “My eyes were full of tears and I had a hard time not crying as I took the pictures. I waited for a bit after taking the pictures, expecting someone to come and take the girl away. Then I asked his child’s name. And then he asked him to carry on.

The growing death toll, exceeding 24450 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria, raised questions over Turkey's earthquake planning and response time.

State prosecutors in Kahramanmaras said they will investigate the collapse of buildings and any irregularities in their construction. The second day we slept in our cars. "On the first day, we slept in the streets. Even before the quake, the vote was seen as Erdogan's toughest challenge in two decades in power. However, a woman who was rescued on Friday in Kirikhan in Turkey died in hospital on Saturday. Across the devastated region, people waited for news of missing loved ones.

More people are pulled alive from rubble six days after the quake disaster as death toll surpasses 24000.

The number of people killed following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has reached at least 24178.

“We’re approaching the end of the search and rescue window, and plus the probability of finding survivors under the rubble in below-freezing temperatures is becoming a lower probability.” [reported](https://www.thecable.ng/turkey-syria-earthquake-family-of-six-rescued-after-four-days-under-rubble) how a family of six was rescued on Friday after being trapped under a building. Also, a 70-year-old woman was rescued after being trapped for 121 hours under the rubble in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras.