Devastation: the town of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey on February 8.
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Rescuers are at risk from aftershocks and collapsing buildings, but scientists are working on systems that will minimise ths danger.
Rescuers work at a collapsed building in southeastern Turkey.
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Twitter was blocked in Turkey for about 12 hours at the height of rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, severely hampering a vital tool for disaster response.
The search and rescue operation for survivors in Hatay, Turkey.
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The window of survival after an earthquake is narrow and there are three top priorities for aid workers.
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An earthquake expert explains why the death and devastation have been so terrible in Turkey and Syria
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Disasters such as the earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria are always worse when there is bad blood between the countries involved.
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When Monday’s earthquake struck, many poorly constructed buildings suffered a ‘pancake mode’ collapse.
People search for survivors beneath the rubble in Diyarbakir, Turkey. February 6 2023.
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At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.
Syrian civil defence workers clear an earthquake victim in Zardana, Idlib province, on 6 February.
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Using space imagery can help guide relief efforts to critical areas during a natural disaster.
Young people play football on a street in Goma, eastern DRC.
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Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
Welfare services are essential for a healthy economy and productive population.
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Amid further strain on public funding, we ask: What’s the future of the welfare state in developed and developing nations?
Many people in Turkey believe in a conspiracy theory about the 1923 Lausanne treaty.
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Around 43% of university graduates in Turkey believe a conspiracy theory that secret clauses are about to be revealed from a 100-year-old treaty.
A Turkish barbers’ shop in Berlin, where there’s a large Turkish community.
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Four-fifths of the first-generation Turkish men who came to Europe as guest-workers and ended up settling there lived below an income poverty line.
Votes aplenty in 2023.
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Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Protesters at an anti-LGBT+ rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 18 September 2022.
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Turkey has never resembled an autocracy as much as it does today. A new history examines its slide into illiberalism.
Ekrem Imamoglu – heading to jail or the presidency.
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Conviction means popular opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu is barred from running for office. It comes as incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces dwindling support.
Russian president Vladimir Putin honours ‘Russian heroes’ at a function in Moscow.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
The city of Darayya has been destroyed during the Syrian war.
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Renewed military activity in Syria is also stoking a round of alliance building for the Ukraine war.
A protest on November 20 in Berlin over the latest attacks of the Turkish military into Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria.
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Turkey’s bombing of northern Syria is worrying both the US and Russia, for different reasons.
Healthy turkeys on a farm in West Newfield, Maine.
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Hunters are warned to take precautions handling wild birds, and the virus can spill over to non-avian species, so no one should approach wild animals that appear ill.
Sunset over the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
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The Ottoman empire once stretched from Vienna to Cairo, an expert explains its power.