'Time has stopped': grieving father relives Turkish quake
4 February 2024, 08:21 AM Turkey Earthquake
New Turkey quake: 1 killed, 69 injured
27 February 2023, 11:56 AM Turkey Earthquake
Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 50,000
25 February 2023, 02:12 AM Turkey Earthquake
46-member Bangladesh rescue team returns from Turkey
21 February 2023, 14:22 PM Turkey Earthquake
Another 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey
20 February 2023, 18:08 PM Turkey Earthquake
Syrian baby born in earthquake adopted by aunt and uncle
19 February 2023, 03:34 AM Turkey Earthquake

'Time has stopped': grieving father relives Turkish quake

The photo of Mesut Hancer holding his dead daughter's hand protruding from the debris, her body crushed and his gaze lost, epitomised the anguish of Turkey's devastating earthquake
4 February 2024, 08:21 AM

Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1 billion in Syria: World Bank

The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating scores of cities and killing more than 50,000 people in both countries.
4 March 2023, 02:25 AM

New Turkey quake: 1 killed, 69 injured

An earthquake shook southeast Turkey today, killing one person, injuring 69 and causing some buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said..It hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria..Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey's Disaster and E
27 February 2023, 11:56 AM

Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 50,000

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria
25 February 2023, 02:12 AM

46-member Bangladesh rescue team returns from Turkey

The 46-member Bangladesh team, which conducted rescue operations in the earthquake ravaged Turkey, returned home this evening
21 February 2023, 14:22 PM

6 dead, around 300 injured as new quake hits Turkey-Syria border

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said there had been 90 aftershocks
21 February 2023, 02:40 AM

Another 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey

The quake hit the town of Defne at 8:04 pm (1704 GMT) and was strongly felt by AFP teams in Antakya and Adana, 200 kilometres (300 miles) to the north
20 February 2023, 18:08 PM

Syrian baby born in earthquake adopted by aunt and uncle

On Saturday, her paternal aunt Hala and uncle by marriage Khalil Al-Sawadi finally picked up their niece - whom they named Afraa, after her deceased mother
19 February 2023, 03:34 AM

Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 46,000; desperation for signs of life

Three people, including a child, were rescued alive. The mother and father survived but the child died later of dehydration, the rescue team said. One older sister and a twin did not make it
19 February 2023, 02:29 AM

3 rescued from Turkey rubble as quake death toll passes 45,000

While many international rescue teams have left the vast quake zone, survivors were still emerging from under a multitude of flattened homes, defying all the odds
18 February 2023, 05:06 AM

Erdogan vows to rebuild, rescue work winds down

Damage assessment of buildings, of which tens of thousands were destroyed, will be completed in a week and reconstruction will begin within months, he said.
15 February 2023, 07:01 AM

9 survivors pulled from rubble as Turkey quake death toll tops 41,000

Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold
15 February 2023, 01:42 AM

New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

An aid convoy on Tuesday passed through a newly re-opened border crossing into rebel-held north Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week's earthquake, which killed nearly 40,000 people in the region
14 February 2023, 17:53 PM

Turkey quake Europe's worst natural disaster in 'a century': WHO

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week's massive earthquake, the epicentre of which was in Turkey, constituted the "worst natural disaster" in 100 years in its Europe region
14 February 2023, 14:09 PM

Over 7 million children affected: UN

Unicef fears many thousands of children have been killed
14 February 2023, 10:57 AM

Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 37,000; hopes fade for survivors

Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday.
14 February 2023, 07:08 AM

Turkey-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000

The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless
13 February 2023, 11:49 AM

Miracle rescues continue

Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 35,000 dead, as the UN warned the toll was set to rise far higher.
13 February 2023, 11:33 AM

How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief

Thousands of people have been killed in Syria by the earthquake that struck its border region with Turkey on February 6 but aid has been slow to reach the most affected areas.
13 February 2023, 07:36 AM

Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000

Turkey began legal action over some building collapses
12 February 2023, 16:51 PM