Turkey Declares Monthslong State of Emergency in Quake-Hit Regions

February 7, 2023

(Wall Street Journal) – Aid workers poured into Turkey from around the world to support local rescue efforts and struggled in the brutal weather to rescue survivors trapped under thousands of collapsed buildings. Twin earthquakes—the first a magnitude 7.8 and the second, adjacent quake a magnitude 7.5—hit Turkey along the border with Syria on Monday in what Mr. Erdogan described as the worst disaster in a century. Southern Turkey has since experienced 285 aftershocks, including some strong enough to cause new buildings to crumble, said Orhan Tatar, an official from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency. “Every minute new tremors are happening,” he said. (Read More)