{"id":1843744,"date":"2023-02-12T06:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843744"},"modified":"2023-02-12T06:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:45:30","slug":"survivors-ever-harder-to-find-as-workers-to-continue-to-search-the-rubble-in-syria-and-turkey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survivors-ever-harder-to-find-as-workers-to-continue-to-search-the-rubble-in-syria-and-turkey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors Ever Harder to Find as Workers to Continue to Search the Rubble in Syria and Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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Turkish President Tayyip Erdoan, in question over earthquake planning and response times, stated that authorities should have reacted quicker.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan pledged to get started on rebuilding cities \u201cwithin weeks,\u201d While declaring that hundreds of thousands of buildings are now uninhabitable, the government issued strong warnings to anyone involved in looting in quake zones.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents in Antakya, Turkey, claimed that they witnessed looting.<\/p>\n<p>In the rebel enclave of northwest Syria that suffered the country\u2019s worst damage from the earthquake but where relief efforts are complicated by the more than decade-old civil war, very little aid had entered despite a pledge from Damascus to improve access.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4486471142385295246692659314556928\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment4486471142385295246692659314556928\">Advertisement 3<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-3\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement isn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Antakya was awash with body bags and residents were covering their faces with masks in an attempt to hide the death stench. Unofficial coordination was not possible because ordinary people were involved in the rescue effort, according to one person who declined his identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is chaos, rubble and bodies everywhere,\u201d He said. His group had been working over night to reach the university teacher who called them from the rubble. He stated that by morning, she had stopped responding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still collapsed buildings untouched in the side streets,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue workers reached a girl aged five years old at a Kahramanmaras building and burrowed among concrete slabs to reach her. They then lifted her onto a stretcher wrapped in foil and began chanting. \u201cGod is great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They believed that two other survivors were still alive under the same rubble mound.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment2697368654018888608462513492721664\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment2697368654018888608462513492721664\">Advertisement 4<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement hasn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>However, rescue efforts are still not proving successful. A woman who was saved in Kirikhan, Turkey on Friday, died at the hospital on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This video, shot in Hatay Turkey, shows the danger in such operations. It shows how a partially collapsed structure suddenly fell and buried a rescuer in an avalanche before his colleagues could drag him out.<\/p>\n<p>According to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, approximately 80,000 people were receiving treatment in hospitals, while 1.05million were left homeless after the earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>People waited in the region for information about their loved ones who were missing. Soner Zamir, Sevde Nur Zmir were seen squatting in front of the Kahramanmaras building where his grandparents and parents lived on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment5394473546664692462872489025863680\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment5394473546664692462872489025863680\">Advertisement 5.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-5\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement hasn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSome people came out yesterday but now there is no hope. This building is too shattered for life,\u201d Zamir said.<\/p>\n<p>NEW GRAVES<\/p>\n<p>Gaziantep&#8217;s hillside was covered with new graves, some of which were marked by flowers or small Turkish flags waving in the wind.<\/p>\n<p>A young woman held her face as she squatted beside one. One after another, a young woman began to sob as a boy attempted to comfort her. Rows of graves had been dug and were waiting to be filled by the city as it prepared to bury its deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors feared the worst and had their basic infrastructure destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people don\u2019t die here under the rubble, they\u2019ll die from injuries, if not they will die from infection. There is no toilet here. It is a big problem,\u201d Gizem is a rescue worker from Sanliurfa&#8217;s southeast province.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_6\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment8643565181326904110678497405435904\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment8643565181326904110678497405435904\">Advertisement 6<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-6\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"6\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-6\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement hasn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Martin Griffiths, U.N. aid chief, described the earthquake as \u201cthe worst event in 100 years in this region,\u201d praised Turkey\u2019s emergency response, saying it was his experience that people in disaster zones were always disappointed early in relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Sky News interviewed him and he said that \u201cI am sure (the death toll) will double or more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ERDOGAN<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan is preparing for national elections by June. He was doing this at a moment when Erdogan&#8217;s popularity was already falling due to the rising cost of living, as well as a plummeting Turkish currency.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the quake, the vote was seen as Erdogan\u2019s toughest challenge in two decades in power. Erdogan has called for solidarity after the disaster and condemned &#8220;what he called&#8221; \u201cnegative campaigns for political interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_7\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment377822897223963844474039131176960\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment377822897223963844474039131176960\">Advertisement 7<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-7\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"7\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-7\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement isn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Opposition politicians and residents of the earthquake zone have accused the government early on of slow and insufficient relief. Critics have also argued that the army, which was the main response to a 1999 earthquake, wasn&#8217;t fast enough.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan has acknowledged some problems with Turkey\u2019s initial response, notably getting aid into a region where transport links were damaged but said the situation was subsequently brought under control.<\/p>\n<p>There are questions being asked about the soundness and stability of buildings within the earthquake-hit zone.<\/p>\n<p>Kahramanmaras State Prosecutors stated that they will investigate the collapses and any irregularities made in their construction. As he waited for his flight to Istanbul, police detained a contractor who had built a 12 story apartment block in Hatay.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_8\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment8261570067512544468836766426595328\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment8261570067512544468836766426595328\">Advertisement 8<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-8\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"8\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-8\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement hasn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Monday\u2019s 7.8 magnitude quake, with several powerful aftershocks across Turkey and Syria, ranks as the world\u2019s seventh-deadliest natural disaster this century, approaching the 31,000 killed by a quake in neighboring Iran in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>With a death toll so far of 21,848 inside Turkey, it is the country\u2019s deadliest earthquake since 1939. Syria is home to more than 3,500 people who have died. Deaths have not been updated since Friday.<\/p>\n<p>SYRIA<\/p>\n<p>Syria was a country where people waited in silence for the news of their loved ones, while mounds of crushed concrete were piled up and twisted metal stood still.<\/p>\n<p>Many civilians in rebel-held north Syria have been forced to flee from areas that were seized by the government forces during the ongoing civil conflict. They are now being made homeless.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_9\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9048420028920297583758530985328640\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment9048420028920297583758530985328640\">Advertisement 9<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<p> Continue the story below <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-9\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"9\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-9\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> Your article continues below, although this advertisement isn&#8217;t loaded yet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cOn the first day we slept in the streets. The second day we slept in our cars. Then we slept in other people\u2019s homes,\u201d Ramadan Sleiman (28), whose family fled eastern Syria to Jandaris after the earthquake. Jandaris was severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Since Monday, hundreds of planeloads with aid have reached areas that are held by the Syrian government. But little has reached the northwest of the worst-affected region.<\/p>\n<p>In normal times, U.N. provides aid to the region over the border with Turkey via one checkpoint. 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