5-year-old girl rescued alive 7 hours after earthquake in Kahramanmaraş

A 6-storey building, located in Kahramanmaraş Pazarcık district center, collapsed in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred in the morning. The Güneş family living in the building was trapped under the rubble. The mother, a teacher, sent a message to her coworkers at school asking for help. Early in the morning, a mother, father, and son […]

number of earthquake casualties increases in Syria: 403 dead, 1,284 injured

According to the Syrian Ministry of Health, the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the Kahramanmaraş province of Türkiye has caused at least 403 people to die and 1,284 people to be injured in the cities of Aleppo, Hama, Tartus and Latakia. The ministry also stated that numerous buildings collapsed in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia and Tartus due […]

Search and rescue continue in Idlib, Syria

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province caused loss of life and destruction in the region. Many buildings were destroyed, especially in the northwest of the country. While houses and shelters were destroyed in Sarmada and Atarib districts, rescue efforts to save those under the rubble continue intensively in Idlib. Additionally, the […]

earthquakes in Türkiye killed 912, injured 5,385

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the death toll from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake and numerous aftershocks that struck the Mediterranean region of the country and were also felt in Syria has increased to 912 and the number of injured to 5,385. While aftershocks keep coming, 2,470 people have been recovered from 2,818 destroyed […]

Azerbaijan sends aid to Türkiye

Azerbaijan has sent aid to Türkiye to alleviate the effects of the earthquake, which occured in Kahramanmaraş and was also felt in Syria. Upon the order of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the search and rescue team of 370 people under the Azerbaijan Ministry of Emergency Situations set off from Baku to Türkiye. Three planes […]

multi-vehicle collision in Türkiye

A chain-reaction traffic accident involving about 15 cars and intercity buses occurred, due to heavy snowfall and fog on a highway located in the Niğde province of Türkiye at around 11:00 local time. Dozens of light injuries and the serious condition of a bus driver were reported. A large number of police and ambulance teams […]

9 fishermen went missing off south korean waters

According to a report received at 23:19 local time on Saturday, nine fishermen went missing after their boat capsized off southwestern South Korea. Among the 12 fishermen on board, three were rescued by a nearby vessel. However, the rest of the fishermen could not be found despite search operations that were carried out with aircrafts […]

danish Public protests government’s plan to cancel Great Prayer Day

Thousands protested the government’s bill to cancel the public holiday, the Day of Great Prayer, to help finance defense expenditures that increased due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war in the capital, Copenhagen. The demonstration of assumedly 50,000 people, organized by labor unions, against the cancellation of the Christian holiday, dating back to 1686, is recorded […]