Tag: Turkey

NTD Good Morning (Feb. 13): US Shoots Down 4th Object; 6 Firms Sanctioned for Roles in China’s Surveillance Programs

A fourth object was shot down by the United States over the weekend. It’s the third in three days. Meanwhile, six Chinese firms are sanctioned for their roles in the Chinese regime’s surveillance programs. The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl 57. Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, and scrambled 26…


Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000 as Turkey Starts Legal Action

ANTAKYA, Turkey—Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over some building collapses. With chances of finding more survivors growing more remote, the toll in both…


Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000; Turkey Starts Legal Action Against Builders

ANTAKYA, Turkey—Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over some building collapses. With chances of finding more survivors growing more remote, the toll in both…


Ground Zero: In Turkey’s Quake-Ravaged Kahramanmaras, There Are Tales of Grief—and Joy

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey—Five days after Kahramanmaras became the epicenter of back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale, the scope of destruction in the southern Turkish province almost defies belief. In central Kahramanmaras, entire neighborhoods have been flattened beyond recognition. Dazed survivors congregate near mountains of rubble that were once multi-story buildings, anxiously awaiting…


2 Women Survive for Days in Earthquake Rubble as Death Toll Tops 24,150

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria—Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the region’s deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said on Saturday. The death toll exceeded 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria a day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities…


Rescuers Toil on in Rubble of Turkey and Syria as Death Toll Tops 25,250

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria—Rescuers in Turkey pulled more people from the rubble early on Saturday, five days after the country’s most devastating earthquake since 1939, but hopes were fading in Turkey and Syria that many more survivors would be found. In Kahramanmaras, close to the quake’s epicenter in southern Turkey, there were fewer visible rescue operations…


Rescues Provide Glimmer of Hope Among Earthquake Ruins as Toll Tops 21,000

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria—Rescue crews pulled several people from the rubble of collapsed buildings during the night, including a 10-year-old boy saved with his mother, four days after a huge earthquake wrought death and destruction across southern Turkey and northwest Syria. The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in the region in decades stood at…


Australia Sends Disaster Relief Teams to Earthquake Ravaged Turkey and Syria

Australia will be sending more than 70 experienced disaster relief officers to Turkey and Syria to assist locals on the ground in search and rescue efforts following the region’s devastating earthquakes. “These Urban Search and Rescue specialists are highly trained to locate, deliver medical assistance to, and remove victims who have been trapped or impacted…


Santa Ana Restaurant Raises Money for Earthquake-Stricken Turkey and Syria

Alta Baja Market, a popular Mexican-themed restaurant in Santa Ana, California, announced 100 percent of its proceeds this weekend for a certain popular Mexican cocktail will go toward aid for victims of earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria. From Feb. 10 through the end of the business day on Feb. 12, any customer who purchases a Michelada—which…


In Turkey’s Quake-Hit Hatay Province, Rescue Workers Racing Against Time

ADANA, Turkey—The highway from Turkey’s southern Adana Province to the neighboring province of Hatay is snarled by traffic. There are long lines of trucks bearing critical aid for survivors, bulldozers and excavation equipment, and busloads of volunteer rescue workers. Three days ago, Adana and Hatay—and eight other provinces of southern Turkey—were hit with back-to-back earthquakes…