the search for survivors stopped in some places

Sunday, February 19, the hope of finding survivors of the earthquake in Turkey is nil or almost. Thirteen days after the earthquake, the diggers are in action to clear the ground, Turkey has decided to stop the search. Miracle Saturday in Antioch, a couple was extracted from the rubble of a building. Survivors, extirpated on the first day, tell of hell. On February 6, Taha Erdem finds himself trapped under his house. “It’s still shaking, death is coming my friends. There are many things that I regret, may God forgive me for my sins”he says in a video taken at the time, while he saw himself leaving.

41,000 dead in Turkey

In a shopping street, an optician finds a customer’s contact lenses in the ruins of his shop. Now, we must rebuild and help the survivors, here is the message given by the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his trip there. He promised quantified commitments to the country, forgetting the disputes between the United States and Turkey. “We will add $100 million to help those in desperate need”, he said. According to a latest assessment, 41,000 people died in the earthquake in Turkey, 4,000 in Syria.