{"id":3911,"date":"2023-02-13T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:45","slug":"survivors-of-earthquake-desperately-look-for-hot-meals-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/climate\/survivors-of-earthquake-desperately-look-for-hot-meals-in-turkey\/2023\/02\/13\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors of earthquake desperately look for hot meals in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adiyaman,<\/span> Turkey<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span>\u00a0Thousands<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> displaced<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> devastating<\/span> earthquake<\/span> that<\/span> struck<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> a<\/span> week<\/span> ago<\/span> are<\/span> crammed<\/span> into<\/span> crowded<\/span> tents<\/span> or<\/span> lined<\/span> up<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> for<\/span> hot<\/span> meals<\/span> on<\/span> Monday.<\/span> I<\/span> did.<\/span> final<\/span> time.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Thousands<\/span> of<\/span> rescue<\/span> workers,<\/span> including<\/span> Turkish<\/span> miners<\/span> and<\/span> specialists,<\/span> searched<\/span> the<\/span> shattered<\/span> apartment<\/span> blocks<\/span> for<\/span> signs<\/span> of<\/span> life<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> help<\/span> of<\/span> sniffer<\/span> dogs<\/span> and<\/span> infrared<\/span> cameras.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> southern<\/span> Hatay<\/span> province,<\/span> rescue<\/span> workers<\/span> cheered<\/span> and<\/span> applauded<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> 13-year-old<\/span> boy<\/span> was<\/span> pulled<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> story<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> near-miraculous<\/span> rescue<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> flooding<\/span> the<\/span> airwaves<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> days,<\/span> broadcast<\/span> live<\/span> on<\/span> Turkish<\/span> television<\/span> and<\/span> broadcast<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> world.<\/span> However,<\/span> tens<\/span> of<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> dead<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> found<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> period.<\/span> Experts<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> window<\/span> for<\/span> such<\/span> relief<\/span> efforts<\/span> was<\/span> all<\/span> but<\/span> closed<\/span> as<\/span> temperatures<\/span> dropped<\/span> to<\/span> -6<\/span> degrees<\/span> Celsius<\/span> (21<\/span> degrees<\/span> Fahrenheit)<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> buildings<\/span> completely<\/span> collapsed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> senior<\/span> UN<\/span> official<\/span> acknowledged<\/span> delays<\/span> in<\/span> aid<\/span> to<\/span> victims<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Syrian<\/span> earthquake,<\/span> and<\/span> Turkey<\/span> offered<\/span> to<\/span> open<\/span> a<\/span> second<\/span> border<\/span> crossing<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> international<\/span> efforts.UN<\/span> security<\/span> The<\/span> Board<\/span> has<\/span> scheduled<\/span> a<\/span> closed-door<\/span> session<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> impact<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake<\/span> on<\/span> Syria<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> afternoon.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> the<\/span> village<\/span> of<\/span> Porat,<\/span> about<\/span> 100<\/span> kilometers<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> epicenter,<\/span> few<\/span> houses<\/span> remained.<\/span> There,<\/span> residents<\/span> recovered<\/span> refrigerators,<\/span> washing<\/span> machines,<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> items<\/span> from<\/span> destroyed<\/span> homes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> survivor<\/span> Zehra<\/span> Kurukafa,<\/span> not<\/span> enough<\/span> tents<\/span> arrived<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> homeless,<\/span> and<\/span> families<\/span> were<\/span> forced<\/span> to<\/span> share<\/span> available<\/span> tents.<\/span> But<\/span> 55-year-old<\/span> farmer<\/span> Fuat<\/span> Ekinci<\/span> was<\/span> reluctant<\/span> to<\/span> leave<\/span> his<\/span> home<\/span> for<\/span> western<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> even<\/span> though<\/span> his<\/span> home<\/span> was<\/span> destroyed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Volunteers<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> mobilized<\/span> from<\/span> all<\/span> over<\/span> Turkey<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> millions<\/span> of<\/span> survivors.<\/span> A<\/span> group<\/span> of<\/span> cooks<\/span> and<\/span> restaurant<\/span> owners<\/span> served<\/span> traditional<\/span> dishes<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> beans<\/span> and<\/span> rice<\/span> and<\/span> lentil<\/span> soup<\/span> to<\/span> survivors<\/span> lining<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> of<\/span> downtown<\/span> Adiyaman.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> damage<\/span> included<\/span> historic<\/span> sites<\/span> in<\/span> places<\/span> like<\/span> Antakya<\/span> on<\/span> Turkey’s<\/span> southern<\/span> coast,<\/span> a<\/span> major<\/span> ancient<\/span> port,<\/span> and<\/span> an<\/span> early<\/span> center<\/span> of<\/span> Christianity<\/span> historically<\/span> known<\/span> as<\/span> Antioch.<\/span> The<\/span> Greek<\/span> Orthodox<\/span> Church<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> area<\/span> has<\/span> launched<\/span> a<\/span> charitable<\/span> effort<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> relief<\/span> efforts<\/span> and<\/span> raise<\/span> funds<\/span> to<\/span> rebuild<\/span> or<\/span> restore<\/span> churches.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> among<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> of<\/span> her<\/span> five-story<\/span> building<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey’s<\/span> Gaziantep<\/span> province,<\/span> rescue<\/span> workers,<\/span> including<\/span> miners<\/span> who<\/span> salvaged<\/span> her<\/span> tunnel<\/span> with<\/span> wooden<\/span> posts,<\/span> found<\/span> the<\/span> woman<\/span> alive.<\/span> Syrian<\/span> authorities<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> mother’s<\/span> newborn<\/span> baby,<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> buried<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> of<\/span> her<\/span> home,<\/span> was<\/span> doing<\/span> well.<\/span> Baby<\/span> her<\/span> Aya<\/span> was<\/span> found<\/span> attached<\/span> to<\/span> her<\/span> dead<\/span> mother<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> umbilical<\/span> cord<\/span> hours<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake.<\/span> She<\/span> is<\/span> breastfed<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> wife<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> director<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> hospital<\/span> where<\/span> she<\/span> is<\/span> being<\/span> treated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adiyaman, Turkey (Reuters) –\u00a0Thousands of people displaced by the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week ago are crammed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets for hot meals on Monday. I did. final time. Thousands of rescue workers, including Turkish miners and specialists, searched the shattered apartment blocks for signs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[714,2425,562,1034],"tags":[405,471,487,1008,1009],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SYRIAQUAKE.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}