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Powerful earthquake shakes eastern Turkey
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25 Oct 2011 Tue 09:54 am |
Van still hoping to rescue quake victims
Vercihan Ziflioğlu
VAN - Hürriyet Daily News
10-year-old boy named Yunus who was caught in the earthquake at an Internet cafe in Van was rescued from the ruins after almost 24 hours. REUTERS photo
In the heart of the earthquake zone in Erciş, a district of Van province rocked by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Sunday, people are working together with rescue teams to dig out their loved ones from under the rubble.
İmdat Padak, 24, was among a crowd of men yesterday who was holding his mobile phone while staring at the ruins of a building. Three people from his family were buried underneath.
“I am calling them and their phones are ringing. I know they must be somewhere here,” Padak told the Hürriyet Daily News.
Erciş, a town of almost 75,000 people, now seems like a dead zone. Crowds of people are running from one place to another trying to get aid, find their relatives or help others. Zilan Street, the town’s most famous, lost all of its buildings in the quake. Dozens of people have been climbing on top of the ruins.
“They are still sending me text messages,” Ahmet Karayel said about his relatives who are buried under mounds of concrete. “They asked for water. I know they are still alive but I just do not know where exactly.”
Emergency aid teams have worked nonstop since Sunday to rescue the victims. Among the rescued is a 10-year-old boy named Yunus who was caught in the earthquake in an Internet cafe and was rescued from the ruins after almost 24 hours. Yalçın Akay, who was also rescued, was reported to have called the emergency line 155 and told them his address. Akay was rescued from a six-story building and his condition was last reported as stable.
Still, some say that the search and rescue work has been inefficient.
“The rescue teams are digging a hole, shouting for people under the rubble and trying to hear a voice. We need to have a more developed system,” said 35-year-old Resul Yılmaz. “They are working but the methods are not enough.”
Note : May God help ones that are still under the ruins waiting to be saved...Folks pray for them please..
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25 Oct 2011 Tue 10:08 am |
Rescued 13-year-old dies en route to hospital
Hürriyet Daily News
The iconic image of Yunus at the moment of rescue. REUTERS Photo
Yunus Geray, 13, became a symbol of hope of the devastating earthquake in Van when a Reuters photographer captured the moment of his rescue.
The miracle lasted very briefly, because Yunus lost his life due to heart failure minutes after he was sent to the hospital.
The boy had waited hours lying under a dead body before the teams could reach him. His terrified face, with a dead hand hanging over his shoulder, was one of the most iconic images of the catastrophe that had struck the eastern cities.
Note : May God confort his soul and mercy on him...I feel so shame and disgust with myself hearing this young boy dies while I am sitting on a comfortable chair in front of my laptop commenting on this with drinking my hot tea....
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25 Oct 2011 Tue 02:44 pm |
Two-week-old baby rescued alive from rubble 2 days after quake
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Turkish search-and-rescue teams have rescued a two-week-old baby from the rubble in the Erciş district of the eastern province of Van almost two days after a strong quake hit the district. |
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Television footage on Tuesday showed rescuers in orange jumpsuits clapping as the baby, Azra Karaduman, was removed from the wreckage 47 hours after the 7.2-magnitude quake.
A rescue worker cradled the naked baby, who was then wrapped in a blanket and handed over to a medic.
Rescuers in Erciş and Van are still struggling to pull out people trapped inside mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris. Authorities have warned survivors not to enter damaged buildings and thousands of people spent a second night outdoors in cars or tents in near-freezing conditions, afraid to return to their homes. Some 1,300 people were injured.
A 7.2-magnitude quake killed at least 366 people and knocked down more than 2,000 buildings in Van on Sunday.
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25 Oct 2011 Tue 02:49 pm |
Two-week-old baby rescued alive from rubble 2 days after quake
The rescue workers reached the baby, named Azra according to the reports, after hours of frantic digging.
Rescuers say the girl´s mother and grandmother have also been found alive and well inside the collapsed building.
The father of the girl was missing, rescuers said.
Earlier search teams working round the clock rescued a pregnant woman and her two children and also dug out a police officer and his wife from their collapsed homes.
Maşallah!
Edited (10/25/2011) by Henry
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25 Oct 2011 Tue 03:38 pm |
Two-week-old baby rescued alive from rubble 2 days after quake
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Turkish search-and-rescue teams have rescued a two-week-old baby from the rubble in the Erciş district of the eastern province of Van almost two days after a strong quake hit the district. |
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Television footage on Tuesday showed rescuers in orange jumpsuits clapping as the baby, Azra Karaduman, was removed from the wreckage 47 hours after the 7.2-magnitude quake.
A rescue worker cradled the naked baby, who was then wrapped in a blanket and handed over to a medic.
Rescuers in Erciş and Van are still struggling to pull out people trapped inside mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris. Authorities have warned survivors not to enter damaged buildings and thousands of people spent a second night outdoors in cars or tents in near-freezing conditions, afraid to return to their homes. Some 1,300 people were injured.
A 7.2-magnitude quake killed at least 366 people and knocked down more than 2,000 buildings in Van on Sunday.
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This is the best news I had today...!!! Evet, Henry , as you say " Maşallah ".
İnşallah bunun gibi mucizeler daha çok olur..
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25 Oct 2011 Tue 03:51 pm |
İnşallah bunun gibi mucizeler daha çok olur..
Ben de!! (I also hope more miracles like this will happen)
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26 Oct 2011 Wed 08:05 pm |
Pope Benedict XVI calls for prayers to Turkish quake victims
26 October 2011, Wednesday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM
Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers upon his arrival in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican to hold a pre-trip prayer service for the Catholic faithful on Oct. 26, 2011. (Photo: AP)
Pope Benedict XVI has launched an appeal for support for relief efforts for eastern Turkey, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Sunday that left at least 461 people dead and hundreds of others homeless. |
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“At this time our thoughts go to the people of Turkey hardest hit by the earthquake, which has caused heavy loss of life, many missing and extensive damage. I invite you to join me in prayer for those who have lost their lives and to be spiritually close to those many people so sorely tried. May the Almighty support all those engaged in rescue work,” he said during the Liturgy of the Word in the Vatican on Wednesday.
Sunday´s 7.2-magnitude quake in the eastern province of Van, Turkey´s strongest in a decade, has spurred the government to request foreign aid, including from Israel despite tensions between the two countries.
Aid is needed to house families, amid growing complaints of a lack of tents and other supplies. The governor of Van province said 3,000 buildings collapsed or were rendered structurally unsound after the quake hit the region. He added that the damage was the worst in outlying villages.
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Teşekkürler Papa..
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26 Oct 2011 Wed 08:09 pm |
Cash, condolences flood Turkish Embassy’s mailbox in Tokyo
26 October 2011, Wednesday / TODAY´S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, ANKARA
The envelop of one support letter placed in the mail box of the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo reads “for Turkey’s recovery” after Sunday’s quake. |
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Japanese people have been sending letters of condolence and cash via the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo to Turkey, which was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives in the east of the country on Sunday. |
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As Turkey struggles to meet the pressing needs of the survivors in the eastern city of Van and surrounding towns after Sunday´s devastating quake caused thousands to flee to open spaces in fear of aftershocks, news of the display of kindness and solidarity from Japan hit news agencies on Wednesday, lifting spirits in the aftermath of the deadliest earthquake to strike Turkey in a decade.
The mailbox of Turkey´s embassy in Tokyo has been filling up with anonymous envelopes containing cash and letters, some of them in Turkish, to survivors wishing them a speedy recovery as well as letters extending condolences for those who lost their lives, the Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.
Among the envelopes, a letter from a 5-year-old child read “Gambatte, Turkey!” which roughly translates as “Do your best, Turkey!” has become the motto of the campaign Japanese people have been silently leading. Most letters did not include names, only people´s ages and sex, and not only displayed solidarity but also Japan´s gratitude for Turkey´s help back in March, when the country was shaken by one of the strongest earthquakes in its history.
“I understand that the earthquake in Van did great damage. As a Japanese person, I wanted to help with the rescue operations so that life can go back to normal soon,” another anonymous letter said, while dozens of other envelopes included cash and notes, one of which said, “This time we want to help you out, we remember the help you gave during our tragedy.”
Some of the notes brought to mind the deeply rooted friendship between Japan and Turkey as well as the times when Turkey has helped Japan, including Turkish efforts to evacuate Japanese in Iran when the Iran-Iraq war broke out, a memory that has long been buried in history but kept alive by some Japanese people who wanted to make it up to Turkey by lending a helping hand.
The total amount in cash from Japanese people has already exceeded $100,000, staff from the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo told Anatolia, noting that phone calls, e-mails and letters had been pouring in from all over Japan, where natural disasters, particularly earthquakes and tsunamis, are common. The embassy press office noted that Japan was mobilizing all efforts to launch campaigns to raise money for Turkey and that the embassy staff was very much moved by the acts of solidarity shown by Japan, which still has not fully recovered from the loss caused by the magnitude 9.0 quake that triggered a tsunami and destabilized a nuclear reactor back in March, Anatolia reported.
Japan is also readying to deliver $400,000 and urgently needed supplies to the earthquake zone, including means of shelter and tents.
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Teşekkürler good people of Japan..
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26 Oct 2011 Wed 09:04 pm |
i heard turkish govt didnt want to receive help from outside at the beginning. why is that?
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27 Oct 2011 Thu 12:29 am |
No discrimination on foreign quake aid: Gül
SEVİL KÜÇÜKKOŞUM
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
President Abdullah Gül. AA Photo
Turkey is not discriminating between countries that have offered help in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Van, President Abdullah Gül said on Oct. 26, as Israel announced it would send prefabricated houses to the disaster-struck area after Ankara gave the green light for foreign aid.
“There are many countries offering assistance. The Turkish Foreign Ministry made an announcement for specific assistance at the moment the need emerged,” Gül told reporters.
Gül said that not only Israel, but other countries were also sending aid when asked about his phone conversation with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Israel’s assistance for Van.
“There is no discrimination against any country,” he said, adding that Azerbaijan and Iran had sent assistance immediately after the quake without giving prior notification to Ankara.
The president announced plans to visit the disaster areas in Van on Oct. 28.
“We are making evaluations as we don’t want to disrupt the relief work there,” he said, adding that the presidential reception for Republic’s Day on Oct. 29 was canceled due to both the earthquake and recent deadly terror attacks.
After initially turning down offers of foreign assistance, Turkey said on Oct. 25, three days after the quake, that it needed international aid for “the reconstruction of the quake-hit region,” Turkish diplomatic sources said.
There is need for tents, prefabricated houses and living containers in “the reconstruction phase following the search-and-rescue efforts” and therefore Ankara is still turning down other offers such as medicine and food, the source told the Hürriyet Daily News.
Japan became the first country to respond to the Turkish call as its embassy in Ankara announced that the Japanese International Cooperation Agency was sending around $400,000 and tents. Israel, Britain, France, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Jordan were among other countries that followed suit.
An Israeli plane was expected to land in Ankara late no Oct. 26 after the HDN went to press.
With deep crisis in bilateral ties and Turkish air space closed to Israeli military aircraft, Tel Aviv was sending the cargo on a commercial plane, officials said, adding that the aircraft was bringing seven prefabricated houses and tents. More shipments from Israel were expected to follow.
The undersecretary of the Israeli Defence Ministry, Udi Şani, voiced hope that the Israeli assistance would contribute to warming bilateral ties, which nosedived after Israeli forces killed nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship in May 2010.
Last December, Turkey had sent fire-fighting planes to Israel to help battle massive forest fires.
The EU announced it would also extend support, saying that a financing plan would be outlined by Oct. 31 for supplies that would target mainly the quake victims’ urgent need for accommodation in windy, cold conditions.
Immediately after the quake, the EU also activated satellite systems aimed at helping Turkey by supplying data about seismic activities and weather conditions.
Meanwhile, Iranian Ambassador to Turkey Bahman Hosseinpour and embassy staff said on Oct. 26 they would donate blood.
Although many other countries, including Armenia, had offered assistance in the wake of the earthquake, many have not yet confirmed whether they will be able to provide the materials Ankara is requesting. Turkey has notified about 40 countries and international organizations of its immediate needs.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 26 that death toll from the quake in Van stood at 461, with 1,352 people injured.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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27 Oct 2011 Thu 01:12 am |
VAN´DAKİ DEPREMZELER İÇİN SMS YOLUYLA BAĞIŞ
[Türk Kızılay´ının resmi web sitesinden]
http://secure.kizilay.org.tr/sayfaDetay.aspx?sid=27ad92e8-085f-44c8-bf42-149a5039c04b
SMS Bağışı [Donation to victims of Van Earthquake through SMS ]
Tüm operatörlerden 2868´ e boş bir mesaj (SMS) göndererek insanlığa 5 TL lik destekte bulunabilirsiniz
[ If you want to help people in Van ,You can send an empy text message to 2868 through all mobile providers [Turkcell,Vodaphone, Avea...] [ You will be charged 5 TL as donation ]
[ This money will go to Turkish Red Cross and it will be delivered to victims of Earthquake]
Note : People in Van is now suffering from bad weather, cold and snow soon... I belive 5 tl that we all are sending will be great help for them. There is still lacking tents,stoves ,baby food, blankets etc...
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