The single mother of three had trouble sleeping for two weeks, fearing there would be another earthquake. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ANTAKYA - Ms Havva Tuncay was living in a tent set up in the centre of the Turkish city of Antakya when another earthquake hit on Monday night.
“I cannot sleep at night. Is the same thing going to happen, are we going to experience another earthquake? We are very scared. I haven’t slept for a week,” she told Reuters outside her tent.beneath her feet, toppling the stove stack on which a teapot stood boiling. Some grabbed hold of their children and partners and sat huddled together, some ran around helplessly. Others were violently thrown to the ground.
“My heart is pounding,” she said. Phone in one hand, Mr Mehmet put his siblings on speakerphone, his other arm around his mother’s shoulder.
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