Turkey Earthquake 2011

Quake Turns Turkish City Into 'Ghost Town'

AP | Posted 01.14.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey — A magnitude-5.2 quake early Tuesday shook eastern Turkey – already devastated by two powerful tremors, the Kandilli obser...

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Death Toll In Turkish Earthquake Tops 20

AP | BERTAN AYDUK and MEHMET GUZEL | Posted 01.11.2012

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VAN, Turkey — Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of a second journalist missing underneath the rubble of an earthquake-shattered hotel as t...

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WATCH: Earthquake In Turkey Levels Hotels

Posted 01.11.2012

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When a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's eastern province of Van on Wednesday, many of the city's buildings had already been evacuated. Yet two ho...

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Turkey Quake Survivor: Laptop Light 'Gave Me A Hope To Live'

Posted 01.11.2012

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She came to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey in October, yet when a second tremor struck the country, Japanese aid worke...

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7 Killed, Dozens Trapped By Turkey Earthquake

AP | BERTAN AYDUK and MEHMET GUZEL | Posted 01.09.2012

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VAN, Turkey — Japanese aid worker Atsushi Miyazaki came to Turkey in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake last month, tasked with assessing...

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Earthquake Hits Eastern Turkey

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 01.09.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey — Rescue workers have pulled out 23 survivors from the rubble of three buildings, collapsed by an earthquake in eastern Turkey, t...

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3 More Bodies Recovered From Turkish Rubble

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey — Rescue workers on Friday pulled out the bodies of a blind locksmith and his two daughters from the rubble of a collapsed buildi...

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Turkey Looks For Survivors In Final Day Of Rescue Search

AP | By BURHAN OZBILICI | Posted 12.29.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey -- Turkish rescue teams on Saturday were digging through the remains of four collapsed buildings in what the deputy prime minister said ...

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Boy Uses Rock To Help Dig Self Free From Quake Rubble

AP | BURHAN OZBILICI and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.28.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey — A 13-year-old boy was pulled from a collapsed building without injury on Friday, five days after Turkey's powerful earthquake st...

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WATCH: 'Baby Azra,' 2-Week-Old Girl Miraculously Saved From Rubble Of Turkey Quake, Reunited With Mother

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2011

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2-week-old Azra Karaduman has been reunited with her mother after they were pulled separately from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in ...

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Death Toll In Turkish Earthquake Reaches 534

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.27.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey — Rescuers, working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building early Frid...

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Two Teachers, University Student Pulled From Rubble

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.26.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey — Murat Sonmez's mother, wife and four daughters were crushed to death in their home by Turkey's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, leaving...

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Official: Turkey To Accept Foreign Aid, Including From Israel

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.25.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey (AP) -- A foreign ministry official says Turkey will accept foreign assistance to cope with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake, incl...

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Aftershock Reportedly Sparks Riot In Turkish Prison

Posted 12.25.2011

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By SELCAN HACAOGLU -- The Associated Press ERCIS, Turkey - A Turkish news agency says prisoners, panicked by a strong aftershock, have started riot...

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Despite Near-Freezing Temperatures, Thousands In Quake-Stricken Turkey Spent Second Night Outdoors

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 12.25.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey -- After 48 hours, a miracle emerged from a narrow slit in rubble of a Turkish apartment building: a 2-week-old baby girl, half-naked bu...

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Fiancé Saves Teacher Trapped After Earthquake

Posted 12.24.2011

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Her fiancé's determination saved a 25-year-old woman from the rubble in Turkey's earthquake-stricken city of Ercis, Reuters reports. One day afte...

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Killed In Turkey Earthquake, Rescuers Search For Survivors Among Pancaked Buildings

AP | Posted 12.23.2011

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UPDATE: A 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit 14 miles northwest of Van at 11:28 am EDT, the National Earthquake Information Center reports. By SELCAN HAC...

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7.2 Deadly Earthquake In Turkey

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.23.2011

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CNN reports that a 7.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey, making it the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in ten years. The quake was...

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