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, by ÖZTÜRK Sanem
The two earthquakes of 6 February 2023, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, which struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria and Rojava 9 hours apart, were natural, undoubtedly. What happened before and after was certainly not.
On the seventh day of the disaster, as national and international (...)
, by Workers’ Party of Turkey (TIP)
It has been almost a week since the deadly earthquake that struck 10 provinces in Turkey. We, as the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP), have sent a short report about the situation in general as well as the political aspects of it. However, the situation is highly unstable and changing by the (...)
Our country faces one of the worst disasters in its history. The destruction caused by two great earthquakes on 6 February 2023 has a direct impact on ten cities and almost fifteen million people, which will last for a long time. As the Science Committee of the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP), we (...)
, by Assembly for Unity of Ecology, Climate Justice Coalition (Turkey)
Immediately after the February 6 earthquake, one of the biggest in the history of Turkey, a broad meeting of Ecology Organizations in Turkey published this statement:
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Our urgent demands from the government, which holds all the resources of the state in its hands, and (...)
, par SUSARLA Anjana
Twitter was blocked in Turkey for about 12 hours at the height of rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, severely hampering a vital tool for disaster response.
Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service NetBlocks. The (...)
, by GLYNN Sarah
What do you do when you are thousands of miles from your family and their phone stops ringing and you don’t know if they are lacking a signal or buried under rubble? This is the situation facing very many diaspora families with roots in the extensive region devastated by Monday morning’s (...)
, par QUIGLEY Mark
When Monday’s earthquake struck, many poorly constructed buildings suffered a ‘pancake mode’ collapse.
A pair of huge earthquakes have struck in Turkey, leaving more than 3,000 people dead and unknown numbers injured or displaced.
The first quake, near Gaziantep close to the Syrian border, (...)
, by Workers’ Party of Turkey (TIP)
Upon receiving the news of the earthquake that shook our country this morning, we in the Workers’ Party of Turkey took immediate action, and rapidly established a Disaster Coordination Center. Since then, we reached out to many compatriots in the earthquake zone and coordinated humanitarian aid (...)
, by JENKINS Jenny
At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.
An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused by earthquake waves suggest this this event, in the early morning of February 6, (...)
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