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The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

‘I thought I was going to die’: Turkey quake survivors’ ordeal

Al Jazeera speaks to people pulled from the rubble at a hospital in Osmaniye about how they held on for help.

Al Jazeera

Cambodia’s Ties With West Threatened by Media Clampdown

One of Cambodia’s last independent news outlets, VOD, was forcibly closed. This was allegedly due to VOD naming the prime minister’s son, and not the prime minister himself, as the signatory of an aid to Turkey after its recent earthquakes.

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Turkey says earthquake diplomacy could help mend Armenia ties

Humanitarian aid sent by Armenia for victims of last week's devastating earthquake in Turkey could boost the neighbouring countries' efforts to normalise their relations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Turkey earthquake: Woman, 42, pulled to safety from rubble 222 hours after disaster

TV footage showed rescue workers carrying the Melike Imamoglu, 42, strapped onto a stretcher, to an ambulance in the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras

Evening Standard

Sweden's government to present NATO bill to parliament in March

Sweden's government will present a NATO accession bill to parliament in March, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, though the timing for membership still depends on both Turkey and Hungary backing the bid.

Reuters

Turkey buries its earthquake dead in small cemeteries and mass graves

With so many killed suddenly in the quake, Turkey faces the challenge of burying tens of thousands of people. Multiple funerals are happening at once and the process of burying the dead is constant.

WEKU

In Turkey, President Erdogan faces criticism over earthquake response

In this special edition of Middle East Matters, we focus on the aftermath of last week's deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Tens of thousands dead and millions in desperate need of basic food-stuffs, water, shelter and medical aid - frustration mounts over the response of Ankara and Damascus -…

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Stirling residents urged to donate to relief effort to help those impacted by devastating Turkish earthquake

Stirling’s MSP has urged local residents to support relief efforts in Turkey and Syria after last week’s devastating earthquakes left more than 37,000 dead and a further 95,000 injured. Evelyn Tweed is encouraging people to donate what the can to th

Daily Record

Ukraine calls on UN, Turkey to prevent Russia from obstructing grain deal

Ukraine appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations and Turkey to press Russia to immediately stop hindering Ukrainian grain shipments that supply millions of people and not to use the food as a weapon.

Reuters

Commentary: Remember the earthquakes’ overlooked victims and survivors

As we open our hearts and wallets to the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, let’s not forget about those who often go unmentioned: animals.

Tribune News Service

‘Our home is yours’: Turkey families take in earthquake survivors

Thousands of families host survivors of the earthquake from Turkey’s southern provinces.

Al Jazeera

Quake latest: 40,000 killed; Turkey stocks up

ANKARA: The death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria surpassed 40,000, as Turkey’s trading resumed following last week’s suspension due to the earthquakes.

Bangkok Post

UN aid enters Syria via new border crossing as quake toll nears 40,000

A UN convoy of 11 trucks has entered rebel-held north-western Syria from Turkey via the newly opened Bab al-Salam crossing as the death toll from last week's earthquake reached almost 40,000. More than 50 other trucks with UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa.

Radio France Internationale

Jordan's foreign minister to visit Syria, Turkey to show 'solidarity' after quake

Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi will head to Syria and Turkey on Wednesday in a "show of solidarity" after the quake that killed thousands of people in both countries, his ministry said.

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International rescue teams in Turkey work under watchful eyes of families

In the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, international rescue teams are still searching for survivors, or trying to recover bodies, as worried families watch more than a week after the devastating earthquake killed nearly 40,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

The Guardian - UK

An act of God caused the earthquake in Turkey – murderous corruption caused so many deaths

Corner-cutting contractors sold buildings as safe that then collapsed, while officials offered permits and lax controls, says writer and academic Constanze Letsch

Reuters

Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey, some aid reaches Syria

Two women were pulled from the rubble in Turkey's southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday, as rescue efforts shifted to getting relief to survivors nine days after a deadly earthquake.

France 24

UN launches appeal for quake-hit Syrians as deaths in Turkey and Syria near 40,000

As the death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria approached 40,000 on Wednesday, the UN launched an appeal for $397 million to provide “life-saving relief” for nearly five million Syrians affected by the latest disaster. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All…

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In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake

After more than a decade of bombardment, dwindling international support, and a crippling economic crisis, Syria's opposition-held northwest was already barely hanging on when calamity struck.

AAP

Australian to boost Turkey, Syria earthquake aid by $8m

Australia is lifting its aid response to earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria with an extra $8 million for protecting those most vulnerable.

Bangkok Post

Earthquakes, Turkish politics and culpability

If you are trying to dodge the blame for a great disaster, the best policy is to say that it was God's will. So Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visiting one of the 6,000 buildings that collapsed on their sleeping residents in eastern Turkey last week, said: "Such things have…

The Independent UK

King Charles expresses sorrow for those affected by quake

Britain’s King Charles III has met with Turkish and Syrian communities in London, showing support to those sending aid to their homeland and expressing sorrow for those affected by last week’s devastating earthquake

Wales Online

Welsh firefighter searching for Turkey earthquake survivors tells of horrific scenes of bodies piled on roadside

‘Seeing them piled up on the side of the road and the grieving families - that’s difficult.’

Irish Mirror

GoFundMe set up to help Belfast woman's husband living in tent in Turkey after devastating earthquake

Jade Özbey was brought to tears by the support for her husband

The Conversation

Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu's plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court

Proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government to radically diminish the power and independence of Israel’s judiciary sparked demonstrations across the country starting in January 2023. An estimated 200,000 Israelis took part in protests on Feb. 11 and another 100,000 in front of the Parliament on Feb. 13, the…

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