19 feb 2023 om 14:29Update: 12 minuten geleden An MSF aid convoy has reached the earthquake zone in northwestern Syria via the border with Turkey. In the rebel-controlled area, aid after the earthquakes of February 6 is difficult to get started. The MSF aid convoy consists of fourteen trucks. The aid organization can now distribute … Read more
18 feb 2023 om 08:55Update: 4 minuten geleden The body of former Vitesse player Christian Atsu (31) has been removed from under the rubble in Turkey, his agent Nana Sechere and his club Hatayspor reported on Saturday. The 65-time Ghanaian international has been missing since the massive earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6. … Read more
In Turkey, as a result of the earthquakes last week, more than 82,000 buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged. This was announced by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Friday. He also said that 39,672 people in Turkey have died in the earthquakes so far. Due to the magnitude of the destruction in the country, … Read more
More than a week after the devastating earthquakes, Turkey takes stock of the approach of the Turkish government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The country was insufficiently prepared and the relief and rescue operation did not go according to plan. Erdogan’s control is an important part of the problem, experts say. In de eerste dagen … Read more
Turkish rescuers have pulled a 12-year-old boy alive from under the rubble in the earthquake zone, who had been there for 260 hours. A 42-year-old woman was also pulled from the rubble. That happened 257 hours after the first earthquake. The rescue of the 12-year-old boy took place in Hatay province, which has been hit … Read more
16 feb 2023 om 11:39 The newborn child that was pulled alive from under the rubble in Syria has been moved to a safe environment. The hospital where she was admitted fears, according to sources BBC News for adoption fraud. The girl, Aya, was still attached to her mother by the umbilical cord when she … Read more
15 feb 2023 om 22:20Update: een uur geleden After the national day of action for the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, about 88.9 million euros have been collected on Giro555. This was announced on Wednesday evening in the action center in Sound & Vision in Hilversum. “It is overwhelming how much money … Read more
Door onze entertainmentredactie 14 feb 2023 om 20:02Update: 33 minuten geleden Today is National Day of Action for Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria. We also join forces on radio and television to raise as much money as possible. Media Museum Sound & Vision in Hilversum is the action center of Giro555. What is organized? … Read more
15 feb 2023 om 09:43 The cabinet is making an extra 10 million euros available for aid to victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. This was announced by Liesje Schreinemacher (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) on Wednesday. That money for Giro555 comes on top of the 10 million euros that the cabinet already … Read more
World Health Organization WHO calls last week’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria the “worst natural disaster in Europe in the last hundred years”. The natural disaster has so far claimed at least 35,000 lives. “We are witnessing the worst natural disaster in our region in a century and the exact magnitude is still not certain,” … Read more