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☆ After Turkey Earthquakes, Families Grieve Missing Loved Ones Who Might Never Be Found
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Vildan Ay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ANTAKYA, Turkey—For three weeks, Gülhan Aslan kept a vigil, sitting by the ruins of a high-rise building. Her 23-year-old daughter, Zeyna, was staying in a friend’s apartment inside when two earthquakes hit Turkey earlier this month. She hasn’t been seen since. About 80 people who were believed to be in the collapsed apartment complex, the Ronesans Residence, are still missing, relatives said. Rescue operations at the site have given way to reconstruction, with large excavating machines clearing away the rubble.

ANTAKYA, Turkey—Two weeks after earthquakes devastated swaths of Turkey, the government and aid groups are rushing to bolster the area’s heavily damaged health system, which is struggling to treat tens of thousands of injured and those who require routine care. The death toll from the Feb. 6 quakes has risen to more than 48,200—about 42,300 in Turkey and at least 5,900 in Syria. In Turkey, some 108,000 were injured and at least two million lost their homes, authorities and experts estimate. Health professionals are also warning of a heightened risk of infectious disease outbreaks in the disaster zone.

☆ Turkey, Syria Mourn Losses as Earthquake Death Toll Climbs Above 21,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Vildan Ay Döşlüoğlu | Rory Jones | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ISTANBUL—Five days after earthquakes killed more than 21,700 people and left tens of thousands injured and homeless, Turks and Syrians prepared to gather for traditional Friday prayers, where sermons are expected to reflect on the nations’ loss and grief. In the Turkish capital, Ankara, one of the country’s most senior clerics, Ali Erbaş, will lead prayer, as rescue teams continue to sift through rubble and aid agencies begin feeding and sheltering thousands of displaced people across both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border.

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