The joint efforts of El Salvador and Turkish search and rescue teams have led to a successful rescue mission in Kahramanmaraş. 150 hours after the earthquake, a woman and a child were rescued from the rubble. The rescued individuals have been identified as 5-year-old Melih Efe Özcan and 30-year-old Deniz Dal, and they were transferred […]
Upon the alerts of a search and rescue dog, Mexican and Turkish teams rescued an elderly couple, Seval Genco, 60 years old, and Samet Genco, 62 years old, from a collapsed apartment in Türkiye’s Hatay province 160 hours after the severe earthquake. The son of the Genco couple, waited for his parents to be removed […]
A second search and rescue team from Kyrgyzstan was dispatched to Gaziantep to support the ongoing search and rescue efforts in Türkiye. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan said that 83 rescue personnel, 3 doctors and 78 Kyrgyz tents were sent to the region. Being greeted by Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador to Ankara Ruslan Kazapayev and […]
The German search and rescue team returned to Germany after participating in earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye’s Kahramanmaraş. They were greeted with flowers at Frankfurt Airport by Türkiye’s Frankfurt Consul General and other officials. INSARAG Team Chief Johannes Gust stated that the team saved 5 earthquake victims, including a mother and child trapped under rubble […]
In cooperation with the Hope Institute for Orphans and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, a blood donation campaign was organized in the Gaza Strip region of Palestine to aid Türkiye and Syria. Many Palestinians donated their blood for the earthquake victims. “This campaign, which we call “unity,” represents our solidarity with the Turkish and Syrian […]
Qatari aid organization Qatar Charity sent 43 tons of relief aid, including shelter, food, and personal hygiene items, to Türkiye and Syria. The organization stated on social media that the package for Türkiye reached its destination and the materials for Syria would be delivered from there.
On the seventh day of the earthquake that severely struck Turkey, good news came from Hatay, which suffered the most damage from the earthquake. Hearing his voice coming from rubble, rescue teams reached a 33-year-old man who had injuries on his foot. The injured man, Tolga Fakıoğlu, who was rescued from the rubble 156 hours […]
Türkiye is receiving all kinds of aid from all around the world after the earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 that struck the Mediterranean region. A footage recorded by a security camera near a aid center in Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, showed that an elderly woman took off her own jacket and added […]
An explosion occurred in a facility that produces kokorec, a local food, in Turkey’s Balikesir province due to gas entrapment in LPG tanks. Eighteen employees were injured and hospitalized. Five of the injured were said to be in critical condition. An investigation was initiated regarding the incident.
While rescue teams continue working in the regions jolted by the massive earthquake in Türkiye, a little girl was rescued at the 150th hour. The girl was admitted to the hospital and is said to be in good health. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared the images of the girl with the note, “There is always […]