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A woman stands next to a lamp inside a tent in Antakya, southern Turkey, on Jan. 12.

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A year after Turkey's earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people remain in shelters

7:58am February 09, 2024

This week Turkey marked one year since the earthquake that killed more than 53,000 people in the country and left over 3 million homeless. Critics say the government hasn't met its promise to rebuild.

Emine, her husband and child search through materials recovered from destroyed buildings in Adiyaman.

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More than 6 months after Turkey's quake, people who lost homes still await new ones

5:01am August 30, 2023

The Feb. 6 earthquake and its aftershocks left nearly 3 million displaced and in need of shelter. In the hard-hit city of Adiyaman, families wait for promises of new homes to be fulfilled.

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Ibrahim Muslimani, 30, speaks to a class about a piece of music blending different eras and languages at the Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture, which he founded in 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Nov. 22, 2022.

A music school uniting Syrian and Turkish cultures survives the massive earthquake

6:01am March 25, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

A handful of students return to a school in Gaziantep, Turkey, that seeks to help revive old Syrian and Turkish music and integrate refugees.

A quake survivor spends a night outside in Idlib, Syria on Feb. 9, 2023, following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in neighboring Turkey. A doctor in Syria says it's still difficult to get needed medical supplies.

What worries medical charities about trying to help Syria's earthquake survivors

5:34pm March 15, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

Camps in Syria have become overcrowded in the northwest of the country after the February 6 earthquake. NPR talks to Dr. Mego Terzian of Doctors without Borders about his assessment of the situation.

Khalil al-Sawadi holds Afraa, a baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, on Monday in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria.

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A newborn delivered in the rubble of Turkey's earthquake is adopted by her relatives

12:44pm February 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Her mother died in the quake, along with her father and four siblings. Her aunt and uncle in Syria have taken her in, and named her Afraa after her mom.

A man watches a search and rescue operation from a pile of rubble in Hatay, Turkey, after the earthquake.

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Istanbul's mayor warns 90,000 buildings are at risk if a major earthquake strikes

5:07pm February 15, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

The warning for Turkey's largest city comes as the death toll from last week's quake in Turkey and northern Syria now exceeds 40,000.

Peter Pan, a dog that is part of a USAID rescue crew in Turkey, scrambles over piles of debris, sniffing for the scent of any survivors stuck inside.

Sniffer dogs offer hope in waning rescue efforts in Turkey

1:05pm February 13, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

Days after the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, hopes of finding people alive is waning. One U.S.-based team uses search-and-rescue dogs to try to find people still trapped days after the quake.

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Destroyed buildings are seen from above in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

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Syrian refugees starting over in Turkey are hit hard by the earthquake

5:10pm February 09, 2023

The majority of Syrian refugees live in southern Turkish cities near the Syrian border. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Assalah Shikhani, a Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Antakya, about the quake.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras, in southeast Turkey, on Wednesday, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region.

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As the earthquake death toll soars, so does criticism of Turkey's government response

4:49pm February 09, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

Critics are laying into the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing it of incompetence in its response to the massive quake and misplacing tax revenues meant for dealing with disasters.