[EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a developing story, and we will update this page whenever possible. On Tuesday morning, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency as the total disaster death toll exceeded 5,000. Please watch our site for continued coverage and reports throughout the week.]
Türkiye (MNN) — Türkiye’s death toll keeps climbing as rescuers pull more bodies from the rubble.
Record-breaking earthquakes rocked Türkiye and parts of Syria yesterday, collapsing buildings and burying people alive. The death toll exceeded 3,500 at press time, with more than 10,000 injured.
Paul*, a friend of Trans World Radio, is on the ground with his team in Türkiye. “As you know, there was a huge earthquake,” he tells TWR.
“[The] most damaged city is Antioch; we had a radio station there. I will go with my wife to Antioch [to survey the…
