Hatay, Turkey

At least 6000 buildings were destroyed by the earthquakes that occurred in Turkey and Syria.

Drone footage reveals the extent of the damage in both nations.


Gaziantep, turkey







Malatya, Turkey

The ancient Yeni Camll Mosque's several walls have collapsed.



Gaziantep, Turkey

There was significant damage to the 2000-year-old Gaziantep Castle.




Also devastated was the Latin Catholic Church in Hatay, Turkey's hardest-hit region.


islahiya, Turkey

Damage in Turkey may be seen in these before and after photos.



International search and rescue teams are helping local authorities

At Gaziantep, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred on Monday at 04:17 (01:17 GMT). The bodies of those killed in the Monday earthquake in southern Turkey are being left out on the street as rescue efforts for surviving continue.


According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the ten regions that were most seriously affected by the earthquake would be under a three-month state of emergency. He said that the measures would let assistance personnel and funding into the impacted communities without offering any other details. Turkey is receiving relief from almost 70 different nations, but there is growing resentment in some areas that the aid is not reaching quickly enough. At Antakya, some of the dead were left on the street for hours while ambulances and first responders struggled to deal with the severity of the disaster.

Relatives of the missing combed the wreckage in search of their loved ones. A group of men using sledgehammers and other tools uncovered the bodies of a man and a young girl who were imprisoned additional apparatus. The official rescuers were asked to use power equipment, but they declined, saying they wanted to concentrate on the alive.

In addition, there have allegedly been problems getting aid into northern Syria, particularly in opposition-held areas. There, authority is divided between the administration and several opposition groups. They are still at odds with one another because of a civil war that is still going on. The situation was bad in some areas of the region even before the earthquake, with freezing weather, failing infrastructure, and a cholera outbreak making life miserable for many inhabitants. Nearly four million people already relied on charity, primarily women and children. The northwest has become one of the most difficult regions to reach because there is just one small crossing on the Turkish border available to transport supplies to opposition-held territories.