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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.socialMillions of people across <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> on Tuesday mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in the country's catastrophic <a href="https://noc.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> a year ago.To mark what it calls the “Disaster of the Century," the government arranged a series of events to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the disaster in southern Turkey. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/turkey-earthquake-anniversary-hatay-kahramanmaras-77ca7874fbfbe15f898f12c2690216fb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/turkey-earthquake-anniversary-hatay-kahramanmaras-77ca7874fbfbe15f898f12c2690216fb</a>Back toot: <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111876568346835430" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111876568346835430</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.socialLong the historic jewel and largest city in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Hatay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hatay</a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Antakya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Antakya</a> has been emptied by the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquakes</a> of all but its most determined or impoverished residents.The clock tower at the entrance to the town, surrounded by empty ground dotted with shards of concrete, remains stuck on the time the first tremor struck. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> ‘No one can bring back what we lost’: fears rise among poor in Turkish city ravaged by earthquakes <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/04/antakya-year-after-turkey-earthquake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/04/antakya-year-after-turkey-earthquake</a>Back toot: <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/109982596591395281" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://noc.social/@Norobiik/109982596591395281</a>

jαn 💫"Arap Alevilerin geleneğidir, 40’ında mezarın üstüne rihen konur, kokusu kutsaldır, ferahlık verir. Mezarın üstünde bahhur yakılır huzur bulsun diye.' | via twitter/ feministgundem ma rıhna nehna hon! (gitmiyoruz, buradayız!)" <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antakya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antakya</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TurkeyEarthQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyEarthQuake</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"The <a href="https://noc.social/tags/WorldBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldBank</a> previously estimated the direct damage in Turkey at $34.2bn, but it said recovery and reconstruction costs will be much higher and losses to Turkey’s gross domestic product associated with economic disruptions caused by the quakes will also add to the cost."<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Earthquake</a> damage in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> set to exceed $100bn, UN says | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> | Al Jazeera <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/7/turkey-earthquake-damage-set-to-exceed-100bn-un-agency" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/7/turkey-earthquake-damage-set-to-exceed-100bn-un-agency</a>

jαn mαyα06.03.2023 edit: We don't know how many people died. Because government announcements are not credible. According to estimates, more than 100.000 people died. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/turkeyquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turkeyquake</a>Some Marxists, such as A. Badiou and E. Balibar, sent messages of support and condolence. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/turkeyearthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turkeyearthquake</a>

Miro CollasSilent no more: Criticism of the state's inadequate earthquake response reaches football stadiums in Turkey <a href="https://www.juancole.com/2023/03/criticism-inadequate-earthquake.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.juancole.com/2023/03/criticism-inadequate-earthquake.html</a>"Fans in the stadium also chanted slogans calling for the government to resign. This was not the first football game, where anger over the delayed and inadequate state response to the earthquake-hit provinces reached the football field."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"Indicative of the bloc’s hardening stance towards <a href="https://noc.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#refugees</a>, the centre-right government has said it will also procure scores of new coastguard vessels to patrol Aegean Sea islands facing the Turkish coast."<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a> fortifies border to block refugees from <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>-<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Syria</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquakes</a> | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeySyruaQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeySyruaQuake</a> | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/26/greece-fortifies-border-to-block-refugees-from-turkish-syrian-earthquakes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/26/greece-fortifies-border-to-block-refugees-from-turkish-syrian-earthquakes</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkey by the disaster, the worst in the country’s modern history.Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that more than 600 people had been investigated in connection with collapsed buildings"<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000 | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BuildingSafetyCodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuildingSafetyCodes</a> | Inquirer News <a href="https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1735266/turkey-widens-probe-into-building-collapses-as-quake-toll-exceeds-50000#ixzz7uNXTNE4j?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1735266/turkey-widens-probe-into-building-collapses-as-quake-toll-exceeds-50000#ixzz7uNXTNE4j?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct</a>

jαn mαyαMore than 40,000 people died. not in a short time. they died during a week, spending days and nights under the rubble. You anarchists, leftists, revolutionaries, Marxist etc. have remained indifferent to our calls. we will never forget this.<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/turkeyquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turkeyquake</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/turkeyearthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turkeyearthquake</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"Halk TV, Tele 1 and FOX were all handed fines, calculated based on their revenues for the month beforehand, for reporting shortcomings in the government’s earthquake response."<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> fines broadcasters for coverage critical of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/EarthquakeResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EarthquakeResponse</a> | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/23/turkey-fines-broadcasters-for-coverage-critical-of-earthquake-response" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/23/turkey-fines-broadcasters-for-coverage-critical-of-earthquake-response</a>

The Conversation U.S.Disaster-hit <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> is due to stage a presidential vote in June. Erdoğan’s handling of the earthquake response – and his role in the country’s perceived lack of preparedness – may be his undoing (if he allows the vote to go forward). <a href="https://theconversation.com/turkish-president-erdogans-grip-on-power-threatened-by-devastating-earthquake-200033" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/turkish-president-erdogans-grip-on-power-threatened-by-devastating-earthquake-200033</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a>

The Conversation U.S.“Echoes from the Roman past can provide a hopeful reminder of the resilience of the city’s people who have rebuilt from devastating earthquakes before.”A thoughtful read from a religion historian of who visited the Turkish city of Antakya (known in the New Testament era as Antioch) several times ⬇️<a href="https://theconversation.com/turkeys-historic-city-of-antakya-known-in-roman-and-medieval-times-as-antioch-has-been-flattened-by-powerful-earthquakes-in-the-past-and-rebuilt-itself-199579" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/turkeys-historic-city-of-antakya-known-in-roman-and-medieval-times-as-antioch-has-been-flattened-by-powerful-earthquakes-in-the-past-and-rebuilt-itself-199579</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TurkeyEarthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyEarthquake</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"The larger quake struck at a depth of just 2km (1.2 miles), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, potentially magnifying its impact at ground level. It was centred near the southern Turkish city of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Antakya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Antakya</a> and was felt in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Syria</a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Egypt</a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a>."<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> hit by two more powerful earthquakes two weeks after disaster | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> | The Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/20/turkey-new-6-point-4-magnitude-earthquake-hatay" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/20/turkey-new-6-point-4-magnitude-earthquake-hatay</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.socialThe dominance of Erdoğan’s Justice and Development party (AKP) in part stemmed from its ability to mobilise the construction sector, and in the years immediately after his election, government permits for housing construction tripled. In March 2019, a month before local elections, the Turkish government instituted the nationwide building amnesty on illegal construction"<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Erdoğan</a> faces backlash over building standards in city wrecked by quake| <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/EarthQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EarthQuake</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/19/erdogan-faces-backlash-over-building-standards-in-city-wrecked-by-quake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/19/erdogan-faces-backlash-over-building-standards-in-city-wrecked-by-quake</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"In a tent in a park about 1km (0.6 mile) downstream from Antakya’s devastated old city, Patan treats close to 100 animals a day. She administers vaccinations, stitches wounds, and helps animals give birth and care for their sickly young. Birds chirruped and cooed from their cages inside the small tent."Rescue teams treat animals saved from the rubble of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeySyriaQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeySyriaQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Earthquake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AnimalRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnimalRescue</a> | Al Jazeera <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/19/turkish-rescue-teams-treat-animals-saved-from-under-the-rubble" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/19/turkish-rescue-teams-treat-animals-saved-from-under-the-rubble</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social“Would you pray to find a dead body? We do … to deliver the body to the family,” said bulldozer operator Akin Bozkurt as his machine clawed at the rubble of a destroyed building in the town of Kahramanmaras.“You recover a body from under tonnes of rubble. Families are waiting with hope,” Bozkurt said. “They want to have a burial ceremony. They want a grave.”Survivors dug out of rubble in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>, but many families pray to find a body to mourn | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/earthquake-turkey-syria-updates-february-19-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/earthquake-turkey-syria-updates-february-19-2023/</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu has updated the death toll in Turkey to 39,672, bringing the overall number of earthquake fatalities in both Turkey and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Syria</a> to 43,360.Friday’s figure is certain to increase as search teams retrieve more bodies amid the devastation caused by the powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake "<a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> finds new survivors as quake death toll exceeds 43,000 | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeySyriaQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeySyriaQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Earthquake</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/turkey-finds-new-survivors-as-quake-death-toll-crosses-43000" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/turkey-finds-new-survivors-as-quake-death-toll-crosses-43000</a>

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Tay<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ai6yr</a> Ben I wanted you to see this! It's crazyWhoa!!! 😳 Look at the size of the fault that formed after the 7.8 quake in the province of <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Hatay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hatay</a>. It's like a canyon! I've never seen anything like it. Holy crap no wonder they're in disbelief!<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TurkeyEarthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyEarthquake</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a><a href="https://twitter.com/EngInfinityCo/status/1625899910246674432" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/EngInfinityCo/status/1625899910246674432</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social26 million people are displaced and are at risk."The disaster, with a combined death toll in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> and neighboring <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Syria</a> exceeding 41,000, has ravaged cities in both countries, leaving many survivors homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures."Nine survivors pulled from Turkey's rubble as <a href="https://noc.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> death toll passes 41,000 | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeyQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyQuake</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TurkeySyriaQuake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeySyriaQuake</a> | Inquirer News <a href="https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1730070/nine-survivors-pulled-from-turkeys-rubble-as-earthquake-death-toll-passes-40000?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1730070/nine-survivors-pulled-from-turkeys-rubble-as-earthquake-death-toll-passes-40000?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct</a>

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