Turkey earthquake: The community lost under a destroyed apartment block
A window with a butterfly print curtain is the first clue in a story about loss in a devastating quake. …
Ceyda’s apartment block, called Orcan, sat in a row of mid-rise pink and beige buildings with small balconies, in the centre of Iskenderun, all with shops on the ground floor. When the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 on Monday, Ceyda would have been sleeping, along with the other residents of Orcan.
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