Tag: Turkey
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Turkey working to renew Black Sea grain deal, foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday that Ankara is working hard to extend a UN-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia following its invasion. The Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July allowed grain to be exported from three Ukrainian…
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Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 9, (Reuters) – Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday. The rescue of a 2-year-old boy after 79 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building…
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Turkey earthquake – latest: WHO issues stark warning over disaster survivors
Many people are “out in the open, in worsening and horrific conditions”, warned the WHO’s Robert Holden, adding: “We are in real danger of seeing a secondary disaster which may cause harm to more people than the initial disaster if we don’t move with the same pace and intensity as we are doing on the…
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Israel helping with the search and rescue in Turkey following the Earthquake
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-to-set-up-field-hospital-in-turkey-to-treat-injured-in-earthquake/
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Turkey and Syria earthquake: Death toll surpasses 12,000 while Istanbul suspends stock exchange
The number of people killed in Turkey and Syria after the earthquakes has risen to at least 12,049.