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Turkish artist donates proceeds from recycled art to support earthquake victims
A Turkish artist, Metin Birecikligil, collected discarded materials such as paper, fabric, yarn, balloons, and toothpicks, and made paintings from these materials. Paintings portraying scenes from Turkish cinema made in this technique are…
Earthquake-caused rift in Hatay seen from satellite
During the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes in Türkiye, a massive rift split a 35-hectare olive orchard in the middle of the Tepehan Village of Hatay's Altınözü District. The satellite observed the 500-meter-long rift with a depth of…
dog named Aleks rescued from rubble 23 days after earthquake in türkiye
After his owner called for help, a rescue team working in Turkey's Hatay province rescued a dog named Aleks from the rubble 23 days after the devastating Kahramanmaraş earthquake. Following health checks, Aleks was reunited with his owner,…
Lake formed as a result of earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş
After the earthquakes of 7.7 and 7.6 magnitudes in Türkiye's Kahramanmaraş, the two mountains between İdilli and Değirmencik Neighborhoods in Gaziantep's İslahiye district approached one another. As massive pieces of rock and soil from the…
newborn Van cats of the year in Turkish Research Centre
Efforts to maintain the van cat population, which is a breed indigenous to Türkiye, continue in the Research and Application Center. Since the beginning of the year, eleven kittens from three mothers have opened their eyes to the world in…
fire in tent city in türkiye
A fire broke out this morning in a tent city in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, where earthquake victims settled in after the the severe earthquakes. As a result of the fire, which broke out in an electric stove, one person was slightly injured,…
Earthquakes created deep cracks in field of Kahramanmaraş
Earthquakes in Türkiye, the epicenter of which is Kahramanmaraş, have also devastated farmland and nature. The earthquake created deep cracks and crevices in the fields of Kahramanmaraş's Güvercinlik and Karaelbistan neighborhoods. The…
fault line cracks occur on farm in Hatay, Türkiye
The fault line cracks that formed in the Madenboyu village in the Hatay province in Türkiye after earthquakes dealt severe damage to a farm. In addition to the cracked farming lands, a storehouse and several vehicles completely became…
Kars villagers caught fish like Eskimos
A surface of Lake Çıldır, located in the province of Kars in Türkiye, has frozen about 40 centimeters. The villagers fished Eskimo style, breaking the ice with pickaxes and shovels. The nets thrown by the villagers beforehand are pulled out…
earthquakes form cracks along coast line in Hatay, Türkiye
After two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 in Kahramanmaraş, which is described as the disaster of the century, cracks were formed under the pavement and green areas on the coastline in the Iskenderun district of Hatay, Türkiye.…