World Bank to provide Turkey $1.78 billion for recovery after earthquake
The World Bank announced Thursday $1.78 billion in aid to Turkey to help relief and recovery efforts after a massive earthquake hit the country...
US announces $85 million aid, sanctions relief for quake-hit Turkey and Syria
The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million aid package to help Turkey and Syria recover from the devastating earthquake, while also...
Three ancient cities damaged in Turkey-Syria quake
Three ancient cities suffered widespread destruction in Monday’s massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria: Antakya, Şanlıurfa and Aleppo.
Here are some key facts:
Antakya/Antioch
Antakya, a city...
Turkey’s media watchdog nixes TV broadcast to collect donations for quake victims
Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı said Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has denied his request to air a humanitarian...
Stockholm police refuse to issue permit for another Quran burning outside Turkish embassy
Stockholm police have refused to issue a permit for an event in which the Quran was to be burned outside the Turkish embassy in...
Turkey’s earthquake survivors face big freeze in cars, tents
Temperatures in the quake-stricken Turkish city of Gaziantep plunged to minus five degrees Celsius early Thursday, but thousands of families spent the night in...
3 inmates die, at least 9 injured in post-quake prison riots
Three inmates died and at least nine were injured in the suppression of prison riots in Turkey’s Hatay and Kahramanmaraş provinces that were triggered by...
Unidentified quake victims not included in Turkey death toll, opposition party leader says
Unidentified victims of a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria are not included in the death toll, said Ali Babacan, leader...
Turkish hospital car park becomes makeshift morgue after earthquake
Rania Zaboubi scours body bags laid out in the car park of a hospital in southern Turkey in search of her uncle who went...
Turkey working to open 2 more border crossings with Syria for humanitarian operations
Turkey is working to open two more border crossings with Syria to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the country after the two neighbors...
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