Lentil soup comes to the rescue in quake-ravaged Turkey
It's a supersoup during this humanitarian crisis. Easy to make, it warms the displaced, fuels rescue crews and comforts residents traumatized by the disaster.
Earthquake
A new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier catastrophic quake
Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday. The quake was also felt in Syria.
Turkey and Syria quakes prompt fresh worries about Istanbul's building safety
As Turkey's leaders promise a swift start to reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone, attention is also turning to Istanbul — and whether Turkey's largest city is ready for a major quake.
Turkey buries its earthquake dead in small cemeteries and mass graves
With so many killed suddenly in the quake, Turkey faces the challenge of burying tens of thousands of people. Multiple funerals are happening at once and the process of burying the dead is constant.
After Turkey's quake, one family mourns its losses — and braces for more
As volunteers continue digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, the siblings of a woman found dead with her four children are now awaiting news of their mother and another sister.
Videos show Turkey's Erdogan boasted letting builders avoid earthquake codes
Videos have surfaced in Turkish media of the president in 2019 praising a policy that let builders off the hook for skirting safety codes that could have made buildings more quake resistant.
Rescuers keep digging for survivors a week after the Turkey-Syria earthquake
People buried under rubble in southern Turkey continue to defy the odds, surviving freezing weather and a week without water. A 40-year-old woman was pulled alive in Gaziantep province early Monday.
Videos show extraordinary rescues in Syria in the earthquake's dire aftermath
Hope is fading for finding survivors after Monday's devastating earthquake. But widely shared footage of volunteers pulling people alive from rubble in northwest Syria has lifted spirits.
With over 20,000 dead, hopes fade for finding Turkey and Syria quake survivors
Rescue workers pressed their search Thursday across Turkey and Syria for survivors from this week's massive earthquake and aftershocks as the window to find people alive began to close.