ISTANBUL – It has been three weeks since Ms Tugce Seren Gul’s aunt and grandmother were killed in Antakya when a devastating earthquake struck Turkey’s south-east. And yet every night, she waits until 4.17am, the exact time that the disaster hit, to try to go to sleep. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL – It has been three weeks since Ms Tugce Seren Gul’s aunt and grandmother were killed in Antakya when a devastating earthquake struck Turkey’s south-east. And yet every night, she waits until 4.17am, the exact time that the disaster hit, to try to go to sleep.
Ms Gul said the horror had put a heavy toll on the mental health of survivors who “lost everything” in the city of Antakya, which was devastated by the quake. She wants to one day seek professional help to address the trauma, but for now establishing a new life for herself and her family is the only priority.the most deadly in modern Turkey’s history, will have a deep psychological impact, experts and officials say. More than 44,300 people died in the country, and over 1.
At a large camp for displaced people next to Hatay Stadium on the outskirts of Antakya, psychosocial support teams have set up small play areas and pitched tents filled with toys. Children sat on multicoloured chairs in front of a large portable screen that played cartoons. Some children played hopscotch.
Children affected by the deadly earthquake draw as a means to support their mental health, in Adiyaman, Turkey, on Feb 17. PHOTO: REUTERS A video provided by Mr Erdal Coban, one of the volunteers and the art director of the Sokak Atolyesi, shows the children’s cheers and singing turn to screaming.Nearly 26 million people affected by Turkey-Syria quake, says WHOTurkish people have already been under significant pressure, said Ms Ayse Bilge Selcuk, a professor and psychologist at Koc University, due to rising poverty and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the earthquake has taken it to the next level.
Volunteers sing with children affected by the deadly earthquake, at a camp for survivors, in Adiyaman, Turkey, on Feb 18, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS
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