PodcastQuake survivors hold photos of dead relatives amidst ruins in Turkey
Turkey's earthquake survivors posed to Reuters' Umit Bektas holding the photographs of their dead relatives amidst the ruins of their demolished homes on the first anniversary of the devastating magnitude 7.8 tremor that killed more than 53,500 people.
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Simge Özgün, 27, shows a picture of herself with her mother Remziye Ozgun, 60, who died during last year's earthquake as she stands at a cleared residential site where their house once stood, in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 3, 2024.
The magnitude 7.8 tremor that struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, 2023, leveled towns and city swathes in the country's southeast. It killed more than 53,000 people in Turkey and nearly 6,000 in neighbouring Syria and left millions homeless.
Photographs: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Simge Özgün shows a picture of herself with her mother Remziye Özgün.
Selim Yılmaz, 56, and Bedia Yılmaz, 48, show a picture of their son Ali Yılmaz, 28, who died during last year's earthquake as they stand at a cleared residential site where their house once stood in Hatay, Feb. 3.
Ali Yilmaz's parents show a photograph of their son.