ANTAKYA, Turkey — Yusuf Kocaoglu, a professional guide, leads us on a tour he never wanted to give. The site of ancient Antioch — a crossroads of civilizations and a modern tourist and religious ...
When a major earthquake hit Turkey last year—followed by major aftershocks— the city of Antakya was one of the places that had the worst damage. Tens of thousands of people in the province died, and ...
The city of Antakya was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake. The Turkish city of Antakya, one of the hardest-hit towns in the earthquake zone has been nearly destroyed by the massive 7.8 ...
ANTAKYA, Turkey — For nearly two weeks, Mehmet Ismet has lived in the ruins of Antakya’s most beloved historic mosque, a landmark in a now-devastated city that was famed for thousands of years as a ...
Antakya, Turkey – When Hasan Sivri was a high school student in Antakya’s Old City, he used to pass the Protestant church every day. His route would often take him past other churches, mosques and a ...
NATO is currently setting up shelters in Antakya and Iskenderun districts of southern Hatay province in Türkiye to welcome 4,000 people who lost their homes in the earthquakes, the alliance announced ...
Saul Cenudioglu remembers when his synagogue was full and when Muslims and Christians of this diverse Turkish city joined with Jews to celebrate marriages and births. “I’m afraid in 15 or 20 years, ...
A washing machine rumbles in Elvan Mansuroglu's tent. It is powered via an improvised power connection. It makes life a little easier in the small tent city in the center of Antakya, the most ...
Trucks, emergency vehicles and excavators lined the desolate streets of Türkiye's Antakya on Tuesday night, after the third major earthquake in two weeks accelerated an exodus from the once lively ...
Amid scenes of utter devastation and widespread suffering in the bitter cold, residents mourned the loss of family, friends and memories. A man watched as volunteers searched for bodies in the old ...