Turkey's quake survivor boy relearns walking with prosthetic legs

One year passed since Turkey's deadliest earthquake which also injured more than 107,000 people. The government has not disclosed the number of individuals who became disabled, leaving stories of those grappling with relearning daily tasks after sustaining severe injuries outside the frame.

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 When a devastating earthquake struck Turkey in the early hours of Feb. 6, 2023, the five-storey building in Hatay where 13-year-old Mehmet Koç lived collapsed, burying him in rubble and killing his older brother Emre, 14, and his mother Didem.

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