Erdogan vows to remove debris and rebuild all homes within a year
Turkey’s president is vowing to clear debris. And rebuild homes within a year in his country’s 10 provinces worst hit. By this week’s deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the pledge. On Wednesday in Hatay province, which has recorded 3,356. TTurkey’s more than 9,000 earthquake-related deaths so far. Syrian officials reported more than 2,600 deaths from Monday’s earthquake. Bringing the death toll to more than 11,700 as of Wednesday afternoon.
Erdogan acknowledged “shortcomings” in the government’s response to the quake. Adding that weather had hampered search and rescue operations. He said it was “not possible” to prepare for such a disaster. And that his government “will not leave any of our citizens unattended.”
Survivors in Hatay province said authorities. And rescue teams arrived too late to save their loved ones. Rescue efforts, which were complicated. By the destruction of the Hatay airport runway, were lifted on Tuesday.
Erdogan hit back at his critics, calling them “dishonorable people.” Who spread “lies and slander” without testifying to the rescue work of police officers and soldiers.
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The death toll rose to 11,719.
At least 9,057 people have died in Turkey, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Another 40,910 people were injured and 8,000 people were rescued from the rubble. According to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.
In Syria, at least 2,662 people have died, including. At least 1,262 in government-held areas and at least 1,400 in rebel-held areas. More than 22,000 people were injured in government-held areas. And more than 2,700 in rebel-held areas, according to the White Helmets. According to the Syrian Health Ministry.
Officials looking into reports of children being separated from their families
Officials are looking into reports of children being separated. From their families in the wake of the devastating earthquake. A UN representative confirmed at a press conference on Wednesday.
“Of course it’s a priority, security issues are a priority, women and children are a priority. About the possible separation. Said in response to a journalist’s question.
“It’s tough, it’s difficult, it’s challenging, it’s a life-saving situation out there. You see, people are fighting against time to save people’s lives,” he continued.
“If there are children who are separated from families. We are working on that as well, we are trying to prevent these things. Added El-Mustafa Benlamlih, Syria’s interim resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator.
Officials are looking into reports of children being separated. From their families in the wake of the devastating earthquake. A UN representative confirmed at a press conference on Wednesday.
“Of course it’s a priority, security issues are a priority, women and children are a priority. About the possible separation. Said in response to a journalist’s question.
“It’s tough, it’s difficult, it’s challenging, it’s a life-saving situation out there. You see, people are fighting against time to save people’s lives,” he continued.
“If there are children who are separated from families. We are working on that as well, we are trying to prevent these things. Added El-Mustafa Benlamlih, Syria’s interim resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator.
Unidentified earthquake victims will be buried within five days
Turkey’s disaster management agency says those. Who cannot be identified in the earthquake will be buried within five days. This is in line with Islamic funeral rites whichmuste burial. As soon as possible.
After DNA tests, fingerprints. And photographs were taken for future identification.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. Acknowledged problems amid anger from the left over. His government’s initial response to a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey. And frustration over the slow arrival of rescue teams.
Erdogan, who is running for an election in May, said on a visit to the disaster zone. That operations were now running and promised that no one would be left homeless. As the combined death toll across Turkey and neighboring Syria climbed above 11,000.
“Where’s the tent, where’s the food truck?” Melek Antakay, 64, said he had not seen any rescue teams. “We survived the earthquake, but we will die of hunger or cold here.”
The United Nations said it was “exploring all avenues” to get supplies into rebel-held northwest Syria. And released $25 million from. Its emergency fund to help begin the humanitarian response in Turkey and Syria.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the road from. Turkey to the Bab al-Hawa border in northern Syria was damaged. Disrupting the delivery of aid to the rebel-held northwest. He said the border crossing itself was “intact”. Bab al-Hawai is the only crossing through which UN aid is allowed to be sent to the area.
Dujarric said the United Nations was preparing a convoy to cross the conflict line into Syria. But that would likely must a new deal with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Which has besieged rebel-held areas during the civil war.
In Turkey, Dujarric said, more than 1.7 million of the 15 million. People living in 10 earthquake-ravaged provinces are Syrian refugees.
Photo: An injured Syrian man is recovering in a temporary shelter
A Syrian man injured and left homeless. By a deadly earthquake sits with a child in a makeshift shelter in Deir Balut camp in Aleppo province on Wednesday.
UNICEF official: ‘We haven’t slept for days’
A UNICEF office in southern Turkey is being used. As an emergency shelter to house 120 people, the agency’s senior emergency. Adviser in Syria told todaystrendnews News Now on Wednesday.
“We haven’t slept in days,” said Melinda Young. Who has four cats at a shelter in Gaziantep, across the border from Syria.
Young, who also works out of the agency’s office to coordinate. The agency’s emergency response in northern Syria. Said the facility is in a “secure structure. But “nothing is completely secure,” pointing to the fact. That there have been more than 200 aftershocks. Since the earthquake.
He said he was in a 10th-floor hotel room in Gaziantep when the earthquake struck.
“It was horrible,” he said. “I’ve worked in disasters for the past 20 years, but the size. And power of that earthquake and how long it was – people were screaming in the corridors. Children were kept outside hotel rooms. Families were pulling themselves from the 10th floor to get out as as possible.
Photo: President Erdogan visits earthquake victims
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comforts survivors. As he visits a tent camp in Kahramanmaras on Wednesday.
The death toll has surpassed 11,200
At least 11,236 people have died since Monday’s earthquake. According to the latest figures, officials said Wednesday.
In Turkey, at least 8,574 people have died. And 40,910 have been injured, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. As he visited areas affected by the earthquake and its aftershocks. The country’s disaster and emergency management office said. At least 8,000 people were rescued alive from the rubble.
In Syria, at least 1,262 people were killed and 22,085 wounded in government-controlled areas. According to the health ministry. At least 1,400 people have been killed and more than 2,700 injured in rebel-held areas. According to the White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group.
Photo: Hugs of devastated women in Kahramanmaras
Women cry at the site of a collapsed building following. A major earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Scholz: ‘We need to get closer and support each other’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he. And other officials were “shocked by the news of the dead and wounded” in Turkey and Syria.
Ahead of a speech to his country’s parliament. The German leader stressed it was important to ensure Syria had enough support.
“In a disaster like this, we have to come closer together. And support each other,” Scholz said, praising the cooperation. Between Greece and Turkey in recent days.
Photo: A man cries during a search for survivors in Turkey
A distraught man is comforted at the site of a collapsed. Building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on Wednesday.
Death toll surpasses 11,000 as Erdogan visits quake zone
The death toll now exceeds 11,000. After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. A rise in his country’s death toll on Wednesday.
Speaking from the quake zone, Erdogan said. At least 8,574 people had died in Turkey after Monday’s devastation. The number brings the combined death toll across Turkey and Syria to at least 11,116.
At least 40,910 people were injured in Turkey. According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.
In Syria, the health ministry earlier reported. At least 1,262 dead and 2,285 wounded in government-held areas. According to the White Helmets, at least 1,280 people have been killed. And more than 2,600 wounded in rebel-held areas.
Photo: USAID search and rescue team arrives in Turkey
USAID search and rescue experts landed in Turkey. On Wednesday to help emergency crews respond to the devastating earthquake in the region.
The earthquake devastation was the worst in a decade
The earthquake that rocked Turkey. And Syria became the deadliest in more than a decade as the death toll rose on Wednesday.
In 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal. And killed more than 8,800 people, according to the United Nations.
The deadliest earthquake before Monday was a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011. According to the United Nations.
The earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami. And a nuclear disaster, a triple disaster estimated to have killed more than 20,000 people.
Civil war and broken roads have slowed aid to earthquake-ravaged Syria
The desperate race to save people trapped. Under the rubble of northern Syria poses unique challenges that aid groups. And local volunteers warn could cause serious delays in helping reach war-torn. And earthquake-ravaged pockets of the country.
Abdul Kafi Alhamdo, a resident of Darat Izza in the northwest. Described hearing voices under collapsed buildings. As rescuers toiled in freezing conditions with little to no heavy equipment.
“We could hear screams and messages,” he said in an interview with todaystrendnews News Now. “We couldn’t do anything,” he added, describing. How he and other volunteers removed the rubble with their bare hands.
“I couldn’t sleep at night, because they were still in my ears,” Alhamdo said.
The death toll has crossed 9,650
The death toll from Monday’s earthquake surpassed 9,638. And is expected to rise, according to officials.
At least 7,108 people have died and 40,910 have been injured in Turkey. As of Wednesday morning, according to Turkey’s disaster management authority. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. That at least 8,000 people had been rescued from the rubble.
In Syria, the health ministry reported at least 1,262 dead and 2,285 wounded in government-held areas. According to the White Helmets, at least 1,280 people have been killed. And more than 2,600 wounded in rebel-held areas.
China has pledged to help Syria as rescue teams arrive in Turkey
China said Wednesday it would provide 30 million yuan ($4.4 million) in emergency aid to Syria. As an 82-member Chinese rescue team arrived in Turkey.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning told a daily briefing. That $2 million in Syrian aid would be used to provide cash and needed relief supplies.
Earlier, China pledged 40 million yuan ($5.9 million) in its first phase of emergency aid to Turkey. The Red Cross providing an more $200,000 to Turkey and Syria.
The Chinese embassy in Turkey said in a statement that the rescue team arrived. Early Wednesday with rescue equipment and four search and rescue dogs. It was sent at the request of the Turkish government, it added.
Chinese state news agency Xinhua said civilian rescue teams from. Chinese non-profit organizations were also dispatched.
Turkish city sports stadium filled with tents
Photo: Bodies lined up on the floor in front of a Turkish hospital
Bodies of earthquake victims lay outside a hospital in Hatta, Turkey. On Wednesday, some covered with blankets because the country lacks body bags.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are sending aid to Turkey and Syria
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they were sending about $165,000 in earthquake aid to Turkey. And Syria “partly on humanitarian and Islamic brotherhood grounds.”
Turkey will receive about $110,000, while $55,000 will go to Syria. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Tuesday.
It said Afghanistan’s emergency response. And health teams were also ready to assist if needed. The death toll now exceeds 11,000 after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. A rise in his country’s death toll on Wednesday.
Speaking from the quake zone, Erdogan said at least 8,574 people had died in Turkey. After Monday’s devastation. The number brings the combined death toll across Turkey and Syria to at least 11,116.
At least 40,910 people were injured in Turkey. According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.
In Syria, the health ministry earlier reported at least 1,262 dead. And 2,285 wounded in government-held areas. According to the White Helmets, at least 1,280 people have been killed. And more than 2,600 wounded in rebel-held areas.
Photo: USAID search and rescue team arrives in Turkey
USAID search and rescue experts landed in Turkey. On Wednesday to help emergency crews respond to the devastating earthquake in the region.
The earthquake devastation was the worst in a decade
The earthquake that rocked Turkey. And Syria became the deadliest in more than a decade as the death toll rose on Wednesday.
In 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal. And killed more than 8,800 people, according to the United Nations.
The deadliest earthquake before Monday was a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011. According to the United Nations.
The earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami. And a nuclear disaster, a triple disaster estimated to have killed more than 20,000 people.
Civil war and broken roads have slowed aid to earthquake-ravaged Syria
The desperate race to save people trapped. Under the rubble of northern Syria poses unique challenges. That aid groups and local volunteers warn could cause serious delays in helping reach war-torn. And earthquake-ravaged pockets of the country.
Abdul Kafi Alhamdo, a resident of Darat Izza in the northwest. Described hearing voices under collapsed buildings. As rescuers toiled in freezing conditions with little to no heavy equipment.
“We could hear screams and messages,” he said in an interview with todaystrendnews News Now. “We couldn’t do anything,” he added, describing. How he and other volunteers removed the rubble with their bare hands.
“I couldn’t sleep at night, because they were still in my ears,” Alhamdo said.
The death toll has crossed 9,650
The death toll from Monday’s earthquake surpassed 9,638. And is expected to rise, according to officials.
At least 7,108 people have died and 40,910 have been injured in Turkey. As of Wednesday morning, according to Turkey’s disaster management authority. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. That at least 8,000 people had been rescued from the rubble.
In Syria, the health ministry reported at least 1,262 dead and 2,285 wounded in government-held areas. According to the White Helmets, at least 1,280 people have been killed. And more than 2,600 wounded in rebel-held areas.
China has pledged to help Syria as rescue teams arrive in Turkey
China said Wednesday it would provide 30 million yuan ($4.4 million) in emergency aid to Syria. As an 82-member Chinese rescue team arrived in Turkey.
Earlier, China pledged 40 million yuan ($5.9 million) in its first phase of emergency aid to Turkey. The Red Cross providing an more $200,000 to Turkey and Syria.
The Chinese embassy in Turkey said in a statement that the rescue team arrived. Early Wednesday with rescue equipment and four search and rescue dogs. It was sent at the request of the Turkish government, it added.
Chinese state news agency Xinhua said civilian rescue. Teams from Chinese non-profit organizations were also dispatched.
Turkish city sports stadium filled with tents
The tents were set up by Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.
Photo: Bodies lined up on the floor in front of a Turkish hospital
Bodies of earthquake victims lay outside a hospital in Hatta, Turkey. On Wednesday, some covered with blankets because the country lacks body bags.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are sending aid to Turkey and Syria
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they were sending about $165,000 in earthquake aid to Turkey. And Syria “partly on humanitarian and Islamic brotherhood grounds.”
Turkey will receive about $110,000, while $55,000 will go to Syria. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Tuesday.
It said Afghanistan’s emergency response and health teams were also ready to assist if needed.
Afghanistan is facing its own economic. And humanitarian crisis, with the United Nations warning of high malnutrition rates. And winter weather causing many deaths. The Taliban, who returned to power following the withdrawal of US-led forces in August 2021. Have drawn international condemnation for their restrictions on women’s rights. And their government has yet to be recognized by any foreign capital.
How to help earthquake survivors
According to the World Health Organization. About 23 million people, including about 1.4 million children. Are likely to be affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
For those who want to help disaster survivors. There are several international humanitarian organizations seeking donations to finance their relief efforts.
Turkey’s stock exchange has suspended trading for the first time in 24 years
Turkey’s stock exchange suspended trading on Wednesday. After the country’s benchmark trading index fell .
Borsa Istanbul suspended trading after two market-wide circuit breakers failed to stop. A slip in the main index, which fell 7% after the market opened.
“Trading in the equity market and single stock and index futures. And options contracts in the derivatives market have been suspended. The exchange said in a statement, according to Reuters.
It was not immediately clear when trading would resume.
Kim Jong Un expressed his condolences to Syria
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message. Condolence to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.
According to North Korean state media. Kim said he was confident that under Assad’s leadership. The government and people of the Syrian Arab Republic will drop the damage. After the earthquake as soon as possible and stabilize the lives of the people in the area.”
Syria is one of the few countries to maintain friendly relations with North Korea. Amid international sanctions over Kim’s nuclear and missile programs.
There were no reports of Kim sending a similar message to Turkey. Where the earthquake damage was more severe.
The death toll has risen to 9,200
The death toll has risen to at least 9,200, according to officials.
At least 7,108 people died and 40,910 were injured in Turkey. According to the country’s disaster management authority.
According to the volunteer rescue group the White Helmets.
The death toll has risen to at least 9,200, according to officials.
At least 7,108 people died and 40,910 were injured in Turkey. According to the country’s disaster management authority.
According to the volunteer rescue group the White Helmets.
Photo: Boy trapped for 52 hours reunited with his mother in Turkey
Rescue workers are reuniting 8-year-old Igit Cakma with his mother Wednesday, 52 hours. After an earthquake struck Hata, Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the areas hardest hit. By Monday’s 7.8- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes.
He is expected to visit Adana, Kahramanmaras and Malatya provinces . He may also visit other areas.
It was not immediately clear when Erdogan would visit.
Under the building that collapsed on Tuesday in Turkey.
Desperate search and rescue efforts are still underway in Turkey. And Syria as the death toll from Monday’s earthquake exceeds 9,000.
At least 9,049 people had died as of early Wednesday, according to officials.
At least 6,957 people died and 22,168 were injured in Turkey. According to the country’s disaster management authority.
According to the volunteer rescue group the White Helmets.
