Turkey

Turkey

Antony Blinken pledges $100 million to help earthquake-hit Turkey

Visiting Turkey for the first time, the US Secretary of State announced an additional $100 million to Turkey aimed at helping the country's long-term recovery from devastating earthquakes..

20/02/2023

Turkey

Belgian volunteers open field hospital in earthquake-hit Turkey

As Turkey starts to pick up the pieces after two devastating earthquakes, the need for medical care is a priority. Belgian medical volunteers have set up a field hospital in Kirikhan to relieve staff at a damaged local hospital.

20/02/2023

Turkey

Rescue teams in Syria and Turkey race against time to find survivors

The window for finding more survivors from the Syria-Turkey earthquakes grows smaller each day. Meanwhile, efforts to get crucial aid and resources to rebel-held Syrian regions face huge difficulties.

19/02/2023

Earth News

How can you help animals injured by the Turkey and Syria earthquakes?

Animal charity PETA shares amazing rescue stories on the ground in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.

17/02/2023

Turkey

Two women saved in miracle rescue 248 hours after Turkey earthquake

Search and rescue operations are still underway in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, with two miracle rescues providing hope for the families of the missing.

17/02/2023

Turkey

NATO chief urges Turkey to let Sweden and Finland join alliance

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has repeated his claim that Sweden and Finland have done enough to satisfy Ankara’s demands that they crack down on extremism.

16/02/2023

Culture news

Quake destroys Turkiye's oldest mosque and world's oldest church

In the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, Saint Peter Church, the oldest in the world, and the oldest mosque in Turkiye, Habib-i Nejjar Mosque collapsed after the earthquake in Antakya.

16/02/2023

Turkey

French doctors in Turkey set up temporary field hospital after deadly

First responders have set up a temporary medical centre in the Turkish town of Golbasi as hospital wards struggle to cope after deadly earthquakes.

16/02/2023

Turkey

Husband recounts harrowing effort to save his family after earthquake

‘She was not responding to my voice’: Euronews spoke to a man who tried to save his family after the earthquake in Turkey.

16/02/2023

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WATCH: Emergency response teams press on with relief work in Turkey

Disaster relief teams from several different countries have come to Turkey to carry out rescue works following the February 6 quake

15/02/2023

Turkey

Can 'earthquake diplomacy' help NATO chances for Sweden and Finland?

How will Ankara respond to humanitarian assistance from Stockholm and Helsinki and could it smooth the way for NATO ratification?

15/02/2023

Turkey

Death toll in massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria continues to rise

More than 41,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria, after a deadly earthquake rocked the region on 6 February.

15/02/2023

Turkey

Mass graves start to spring up in Antakya

Euronews’ international correspondent Anelise Borges is in Antakya, and she reports that mass graves are starting to appear in different parts of the city.

14/02/2023

Turkey

Devastation as far as the eye can see: Watch our Antakya drone footage

There is one perspective from the ground, and a whole different viewpoint from our drone flight above the ruined city.

14/02/2023

Turkey

Syria to open new crossing points to allow aid for earthquake victims

Syria’s president has agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment to help millions of earthquake victims.

14/02/2023

Turkey

Grief turns to anger in Antakya over earthquake response

One week after two devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey, rescue operations in Antakya are still underway as loved ones look to turn their grief into anger.

14/02/2023

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Watch: Drone images of Antakya devasted by the earthquake

It’s been one week since two major earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria. Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, is amongst the hardest-hit cities. Footage taken by Euronews International Correspondent, Anelise Borges shows the sheer magnitude of the devasation.

14/02/2023

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Emergency services continue to search for survivors

Since two earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey, search and rescue have been racing against time and freezing temperatures, to save the victims. So far the death toll has surpassed 33,000

13/02/2023

Turkey

As survival window closes, more miraculously rescued after quake

Reports of rescues are coming less often as the time since the quake reaches the limits of the human body's ability to survive without water.

13/02/2023

Turkey

The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria passes 33,000

As the death toll from last Monday's earthquake in Syria and Turkey passes 33,000, it is feared tens of thousands more may be buried under the rubble.

12/02/2023

Turkey

Hope, faith and anguish amidst the earthquake ruins of Turkey

Faith, hope, false alarms and anguish as a Turkish rescue team battles to find survivors of Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges reports from Antakya

11/02/2023

Turkey

A dozen people rescued on Saturday as the earthquake death toll climbs

Rescue teams have found a dozen people alive in Turkey, five days after buildings were flattened in parts of the country, and in neighbouring Syria, in Monday's earthquake. Field hospitals have been set up to treat the injured and mass graves are being dug in the worst hit areas.

11/02/2023

Turkey

Silence in the darkness: Watch the agonising search for survivors

Rescue crews listen for any noise that might indicate someone is still alive and trapped beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya.

11/02/2023

Turkey

Erdogan: 'Words not enough' to describe earthquake pain

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited an aid hub in the town of Adiyaman, a place badly hit by the 7.8 quake early Monday morning. He said that "words not enough" to describe Turkey's pain.

10/02/2023

Turkey

'Antakya is finished': Thousands left homeless in ruined city

Euronews' Anelise Borges captures the aftermath and destruction from Antakya, Turkey – one of the worst hit areas from Monday's earthquake.

10/02/2023

Turkey

'The bodies start to pile up', as search efforts turn to grim recovery

The Turkish city of Antakya is one of the worst hit places after Monday's earthquake. Dozens of buildings have collapsed in the region.

10/02/2023