The deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria has left millions homeless, with international organizations stepping up efforts to help them. Since the earthquake, 38,044 people have lost their lives in Turkey, while in Syria 5,800 deaths have been recorded, a total of 43,844 victims. Neither country has announced a number of missing persons.
Yesterday 16/2 the UN issued an appeal to raise more than 1 billion dollars to provide aid to Turkey. On Tuesday he had requested 400 million dollars for Syria.
Many survivors in Syria have fled the affected areas, but some have chosen to stay, despite the horrific living conditions. “We spend our days (eating) bread, soup and meals from the aid sent by citizens. We have no life anymore. We are afraidsaid Mustafa Akan from Antiyaman, who sleeps on the street and keeps warm by burning wood in a bucket.
For families waiting for their loved ones to be freed, anger is growing over shoddy construction and uncontrolled construction, which has resulted in thousands of homes and other buildings collapsing.
“I have two kids. No other. They are both under the rubble,” Sevil Karaampdoglu said as bulldozers tore down what was left of a high-rise apartment building in Antakya, where her two daughters lived. About 650 people are believed to have been killed by the collapse of this building. “We rented this building because it was luxurious, safe. How do I know that the contractor built it like that?” Karaambdoglu asked.
Live after 248 hours
Two people were pulled alive from the wreckage in Turkey yesterday, Thursday, but such rescues are becoming increasingly rare. A 17-year-old girl was pulled out alive yesterday from the ruins of a collapsed building in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, 248 hours after the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake, TRT Haber reported. About 10 hours later Naslihan Kilic was rescued,
“We had prepared her grave and asked the rescuers to stop digging as we feared that the bodies under the rubble would be dismembered. A few minutes later, her voice was heard through the rubble of the building,” her brother-in-law told CNN Turk. Kilic’s husband and two children are still missing.
Cross-border crossings
Her government Syria has announced that the dead in the areas it controls reach 1,414, pointing out that this is a final tally.
Most of the casualties are in rebel-held northwest Syria, with rescuers noting that no one has been rescued alive in the region since February 9. Consequently efforts are now focused on helping survivors.
Much of the region’s infrastructure has been damaged or disabled by the 12-year war, and health authorities are faced with the difficult task of ensuring that survivors now do not contract disease.
Aid in northwest Syria is becoming difficult due to the conflict and many local residents feel abandoned as aid reaches other affected areas.
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it was particularly concerned about the health of people in northwestern Syria, where some 4 million people were already relying on humanitarian aid before the earthquake. So far 119 UN trucks have passed through two border crossings on the border between Turkey and Syria, carrying humanitarian aid, said a representative of the organization.
Source: News Beast
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