Earthquake in Turkey: A NATION LYING IN RUINS; Death Toll Hits 4,000 as Desperate Rescuers Dig for SurvivorsEXHAUSTED and hungry, the rescue teams refused to give up hope.The Mirror (London, England)
After a quake in 2011 in which hundreds of people died, Turkey's then-prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,blamedshoddy construction for the high death toll, saying: "Municipalities, constructors and supervisors should now see that their negligence amounts to murder." Damaged and collapsed buildin...
ANKARA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 26 people were killed and 53 others injured Wednesday after an avalanche struck rescue teams in Turkey's eastern province of Van, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said in a written statement. The teams were in a search and rescue miss...
ANKARA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey climbed to 9,217, while the death toll has reached 131, the Turkish health minister tweeted Sunday. A total of 1,815 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths from the disease have been confirmed, Health Minister ...
The death toll in government-held areas of Syria climbed to 656 people, with some 1,400 injured, according to the Health Ministry. In the country’s rebel-held northwest, groups that operate there said at least 450 people died, with many hundreds injured. Huseyin Yayman, a legislator from...
The death toll from Friday afternoon’s quake rose to 51. Turkish authorities have announced 49 deaths in the coastal city of Izmir, while two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos The man, identified as Ahmet Citim, was rescued from the rubble of the residential “Riza Bey” buildi...
After a quake in 2011 in which hundreds of people died, Turkey's then-prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, blamed shoddy construction for the high death toll, saying: "Municipalities, constructors and supervisors should now see that their negligence amounts to murder." Damaged and collapsed bui...
Turkey winds up rescue work as death toll hits 301 Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz arrives to announce the final death toll in Soma of Manisa, Turkey, on May 17, 2014. Turkey stops rescue work on Saturday as death toll reaches 301 in the coal mine disaster in Soma in western Turkey...
7.8 quake hits Turkey Death toll at more than 100HARMONIE TOROS
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