Turkey arrests building contractors 6 days after quakes
Turkish rescue workers stand by a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, on Feb. 11, 2023.Turkish rescuers standing by a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, on Feb. 11, 2023.Rescuers carry Abdulkerim Nano, 67, to an ambulance after they pulled him out five days after the Monday earthquake in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on Feb. 11, 2023.
Rescuers use a crane to pull out Muhammet Habib, 27, from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on Feb. 11, 2023.Turkey’s health minister, Fahrettin Koca, posted a video of a young girl in a navy blue jumper who was rescued. “Good news at the 150th hour. Rescued a little while ago by crews. There is always hope!” he tweeted.
Mama Busra, 75, on Saturday waited in an Antakya park turned into a shelter for the newly homeless as a Turkish soldier climbed into the bucket of an excavator to search her damaged Antakya home for a cell phone. A source from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Sunni Isamist group fighting the government, told Reuters the group was only accepting aid from across the Turkish border.
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