Geologists warn against immediate construction in earthquake zone as Turkish authorities open tenders for...
Despite warnings from geologists, Turkish authorities will start holding tenders on Wednesday for the construction of new housing in southern Turkey after massive earthquakes...
356,000 pregnant quake survivors require reproductive healthcare: UNFPA
A total of 356,000 pregnant women in Turkey and Syria affected by devastating earthquakes on February 6 urgently need access to reproductive health services,...
Turkish doctors file complaint against gov’t officials for 70 deaths in hospital destroyed by...
The Turkish Physicians Union (Hekimler Birliği) has filed a complaint against the government officials they claim are responsible for the collapse of a hospital...
Gov’t under fire for not providing shelter to earthquake survivors despite massive aid
The Turkish government, which has been receiving growing criticism due to what many say is its poor response to powerful earthquakes that hit the...
2 children accompany mother in prison serving sentence on conviction of links to Gülen...
Zehre Gürsoy, a mother of four who was arrested on January 30 in the western Turkish province of Edirne to serve a sentence on...
[UPDATE] Turkey’s earthquake death toll exceeds 42,000
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) has put the death toll of powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month at more than...
Turkey to build nearly 200,000 homes in earthquake-hit region
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said Turkey would build almost 200,000 new homes in the country’s southeast, devastated by a massive earthquake two...
6.4 earthquake jolts southern Turkish province of Hatay
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit the southern Turkish province of Hatay on Monday evening, two weeks after the city was struck by two powerful earthquakes...
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Turks living abroad relied on social media for earthquake news amid failure of regular...
Turks living outside their home country have relied heavily on social media for news about relatives who were affected by earthquakes that struck southeastern...
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