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Istanbul launches program to check buildings’ safety following deadly quakes
Istanbul: Turkey’s largest city Istanbul has launched a program to provide rapid scans of buildings as many people worry about the safety of their residences in the wake of devastating February 6…
- Middle East
Turkey records 5.6 pc GDP growth in 2022
Ankara: Turkey’s economy grew by 5.6 per cent in 2022, with domestic consumption propping up the better-than-expected performance, according to official statistics released on Tuesday. The country’s economy expanded by 3.5 per…
- Middle East
Video: Besiktas fans throw toys on field for children in quake-hit Turkey
In a wonderful humanitarian gesture, fans of the Turkish football club Besiktas threw thousands of toys onto the field on Sunday in a symbol of solidarity with the children affected by the…
- Middle East
In wake of earthquakes, Turkey Prez forced to change focus of election campaign
Cyprus: The devastating earthquake in southern Turkey on February 6, with more than 44,200 people killed, tens of thousands wounded, more than 164,000 buildings destroyed and damage exceeding USD 80 billion, is…
- Middle East
Turkey quake tragedy: Over 600 people under lens
Ankara: More than 600 people are being investigated in Turkey over buildings that gave way after the February 6 devastating earthquake. In connection with the tragedy, around 184 suspects, including construction contractors…
- Middle East
Turkey, Syria earthquakes: Death toll exceeds 50000
The death toll has not stopped spinning in Turkey and Syria ever since the two devastating earthquakes that hit their land on Monday, February 6, 2023, it has risen to 50,978. In…
- Middle East
Turkish President Erdogan holds phone talks with Putin, Zelensky
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held phone talks respectively with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war. Erdogan on Friday reiterated to both Vladimir Putin…
- Middle East
Turkey bans layoffs, offers salary support in earthquake zone
Ankara: Turkey has launched a temporary salary support scheme and banned job cuts in southern provinces hit by the devastating February 6 earthquakes that killed over 42,000 people in the country as…
- Middle East
Infectious diseases a near-term concern in quake-hit Turkey, Syria: ECDC
Stockholm: The next two to four weeks may see the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in the quake-hit areas of Turkey and Syria, the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and…
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3 dead, over 600 injured after new quake hits Turkey
Ankara: Three people are now confirmed to have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also said…
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Turkey-Syria border suffers 2nd earthquake of 6.4 magnitude
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake at a depth of two km (1.2 miles) struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake hit the town of…
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Ghana footballer Christian Atsu’s body found after Turkey earthquake
Ankara: Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu, has been found dead in southern Turkey under the rubble of the building he lived in, after the devastating earthquakes, his Turkish agent said on Saturday. Christian Atsu has…
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PM meets relief teams, lauds their efforts in quake-hit Turkey and Syria
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other organisations, involved in rescue and relief operations in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria…
- Middle East
Turkey ends earthquake rescue efforts except in 2 provinces
Ankara: Nearly two weeks after massive 7.8 earthquake that left over 44,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria, the Turkish disaster agency on Sunday said it is calling off rescue efforts in…
- Middle East
Over 10,000 Syrian refugees return to homeland after quake: Turkish defence minister
Ankara: Turkey said on Sunday that at least 10,633 Syrian refugees in the country have returned to their homeland voluntarily after the devastating earthquakes that hit southern Turkey earlier this month. “Our…
