Feb 6, 2024 at 5:01 AM Update: 2 hours ago Turkey commemorates its earthquake victims on Tuesday. A year after the devastating earthquakes, our reporter Nick Augusteijn visited the disaster area for the third time. Account of his journey through a country full of scars. Twenty square meters: that is the ‘living space’ that Ayse … Read more
06 Feb 2024 at 05:01 Turkey commemorates its earthquake victims on Tuesday. A year after the devastating earthquakes, our reporter Nick Augusteijn visited the disaster area for the third time. Account of his journey through a country full of scars. Twenty square meters: that is the ‘living space’ that Ayse and Menderes Simsek and their … Read more
Feb 5, 2024 at 7:30 AM Update: an hour ago Giro555 raised 128 million euros for the victims of the major earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. More than 50,000 people were killed in the natural disaster in February last year. In the first months after the disaster, the thirteen aid organizations behind Giro555 focused mainly … Read more
With a sputtering economy, elections in the spring and a centenary in October, everyone in Turkey knew that the country would have an eventful 2023. The devastating earthquakes in February also made it a transformative year. A look back. On October 29, 2023, thousands of Istanbul residents gathered along the waters of the Bosphorus. An … Read more
Nov 6, 2023 at 7:00 AM Update: 16 minutes ago The Red Cross is training hundreds of people to provide additional help to traumatized victims of the earthquake in Turkey. The aid organization has noticed that many people there have been suffering from psychological problems since the disaster. As a result of the emotional problems, … Read more
Sep 18, 2023 at 4:25 PM Update: 30 minutes ago Turkey can count on 400 million euros from the European Union for the victims of the earthquake more than six months ago. EU countries agreed on Monday to transfer the first part of a larger sum of aid money for reconstruction. Southeastern Turkey and neighboring … Read more
Just over two months ago Turkey and Syria were rocked by strong earthquakes. Nearly 60,000 people died in that disaster, another more than 120,000 people were injured. What is it like in the affected border region and beyond? Volgens de de Turkse regering zijn nog altijd 275.000 hulpverleners in het aardbevingsgebied actief, variërend van koks … Read more
Door Robbert van der Linde 03 mrt 2023 om 20:08Update: 20 minuten geleden It has been a month since Turkey and Syria were hit by strong earthquakes. Rescue work has given way to the relief of victims and the first tentative reconstruction. How are things in the countries? A month later, the magnitude of the … Read more
Door onze economieredactie 23 feb 2023 om 13:24Update: een uur geleden The Turkish central bank has lowered its key interest rates to mitigate the economic impact of the earthquakes. The interest rate will go down from 9 percent to 8.5 percent. Lower interest rates make borrowing cheaper and thus stimulate the economy. The central bank … Read more
Door Robbert van der Linde 23 feb 2023 om 13:07Update: 24 minuten geleden NUcheckt checks messages for their reliability. This time we look at the Turkish city of Erzin, which survived the earthquakes almost unscathed. According to mayor Ökkes Elmasoglu, this was because safe and earthquake-resistant construction was carried out under his rule. In reality, … Read more