BoFA estimates that rebuilding costs in Turkey could be between $3 billion and $5 billion, or possibly more. The death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 23,000, with tens of thousands still missing.
Japan’s earthquake recovery offers hard lessons for Turkey
Similarities between the calamity unfolding this week in Turkey and Syria and the triple disaster that hit northern Japan in 2011 may offer a glimpse of what the region could face in the years ahead. They’re linked by the sheer enormity of the collective …
2 powerful quakes link Turkey, Japan and Syria in suffering
Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived. What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society?
Turkey may open border to Syrian government-held region for aid – Turkish official
Mohamed Al-Daher/via REUTERS ANKARA, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Turkey is discussing re-opening a border crossing into Syrian government territory, a Turkish official said on Friday, enabling earthquake aid …
List of needs for quake victims is changing, financial donations encouraged instead: Türkiye ambassador
SINGAPORE: Türkiye’s Ambassador to Singapore Mehmet Burcin Gonenli said on Friday (Feb 10) that the list of needs for Türkiye and Syria earthquake victims is changing and encouraged people to make …
Business owners across LI collect donations to help victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Tugce Karalar says to date, they’ve sent out three full trucks of donations. In them were nearly 4,000 diapers and supplies like clothing and tents for those left without a home.
Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000
Death toll is over 17,000 in Turkey, more than 3,000 in Syria Hundreds of thousands left homeless in middle of winter First U.N. aid convoy enters northwest Syria from Turkey Two-year-old pulled from …
Rescues provide glimmer of hope among Turkey quake ruins as toll tops 20,000
The rescue of several survivors from the rubble of buildings in Turkey lifted the spirits of weary search crews on Friday, four days after a major earthquake struck the country and neighbouring Syria, …
Hayastan All Armenian Fund provides urgent humanitarian assistance to Armenian community of Syria
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. As a result of the devastating earthquake in Syria on February 6 which has worsened the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country, the Hayastan All Armenian Fund is …
Anger grows in Turkey as earthquake death toll passes 20,000 and rescue hopes dwindle
ADIYAMAN, Turkey — As the temperatures plunged, anger started to rise in Turkey over the government’s response to two massive earthquakes this week. On Thursday, the number of those killed by the tremors in Turkey and neighboring Syria passed 20,000.