Turkey Earthquake Death Toll

• Turkey, Syria in dire need of support 1 month after deadly earthquakes: aid groups

  An appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10 per cent funded, hampering efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, a United Nations official said Monday.

  World

  Mar 6, 2023
  
• Turkey earthquake: Blinken pledges $100M in aid amid visit

  The secretary of state arrived at Incirlik Air Base, near Adana, on Sunday after attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

  Politics

  Feb 19, 2023
  
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• Turkey earthquake: Death toll crosses 46K as rescue efforts continue

  Twelve days after the quake hit, workers from Kyrgyzstan tried to save a Syrian family of five from the rubble of a building in Antakya city in southern Turkey.

  World

  Feb 18, 2023
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• Death toll in Turkey, Syria passes 35,000 a week after massive earthquake

  Reports of rescues were coming less often as the time since the quake reaches the limits of the human body's ability to survive without water, especially in freezing temperatures.

  World

  Feb 13, 2023
• Turkish-Canadian society calls for changes in deployment of rescue crews after disasters

  The Turkish-Canadian Society is calling for a change in the way Canada deploys rescue crews to international disasters after only one team deployed to Turkey.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2023
• Turkey earthquake: Building contractors detained as death toll tops 33,000

  Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more survivors.

  World

  Feb 12, 2023
• Rescue crews around the world are in Turkey for earthquake aid. What about Canada?

  Rescuers have rushed to pull people out of destroyed buildings in Turkey and Syria, but as more time passes, calls for help from under the rubble have begun to grow silent.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
• Turkey earthquake: Trudeau vows Ottawa will match donations to Red Cross

  Walking into a caucus meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the images emerging after the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey "horrific."

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Turkey-Syria earthquake: Erdogan admits ‘shortcomings’ as death toll tops 12,000

  Search teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel, and aid pledges have poured in from around the world.

  World

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Canada will send an ‘initial’ $10M for earthquake help as Turkey declares emergency

  Nothing is off the table and federal officials are looking at options to help the Turkey earthquake response including sending medical and rescue teams.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2023