Coverage dated February 7, 2023 to February 12, 2023
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000
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Number of dead expected to keep rising; Turkey starts legal action against builders
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The death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has reached more than 11,000 according to authorities. In Turkey, the death toll has risen to more than 8,000, with nearly 50,000 others reported injured, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, during a visit to…
The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 20,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.Bitter cold has hampered the four-day search of thousands of flattened buildings and threatened the l…
Three U.S. citizens have been confirmed dead in Turkey following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region this week, killing more than 19,300.
The death toll from the catastrophic earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria rose to more than 16,000 on Thursday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed homes in the stricken zone, Turkey's…
The earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, affecting an area home to 13.5 million people, has killed more than 20,000 people. Rescuers continue looking for survivors as hope fades of finding more.
Turkish President Recep Tayypi Erdogan, on a tour of quake-stricken cities, raised the death toll in Turkey to 21,848, which pushed the total number of dead across the region, including government and rebel-held parts of Syria, to 25,401.
Despair also bred rage at the agonizingly slow rescue efforts as the focus turned to who was to blame for not better preparing people in the earthquake-prone region.
Turkish justice officials are targeting more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods after a pair of earthquakes collapsed thousands of buildings in southeast Turkey and northern Syria six days ago.
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Turkish authorities have arrested or detained a number of property developers as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic earthquake soared past 36,000. The 7.8-magnitude quake that struck southeastern Turkey near the border with Syria last Monday has now caused 31,…
