ANTAKYA — Aslihan Kavasoglu has spent the last six days camped out with her family in a small building in a park in the Turkish city of Antakya, mourning lost relatives. Now all she wants to do is to leave her quake-devastated hometown. 'I lost my two sisters, brother and mother in the quake. Most of my family is gone....
A satellite image shows collapsed buildings and traffic after an earthquake in Antakya, Turkey on Feb 9, 2023.ANTAKYA — Aslihan Kavasoglu has spent the last six days camped out with her family in a small building in a park in the Turkish city of Antakya, mourning lost relatives."I lost my two sisters, brother and mother in the quake. Most of my family is gone. Save us from here, we don't have anywhere to go. I don't know how we will get out of here," Aslihan told Reuters.
They sit and sleep on mattresses laid out on the floor, and rely on the food and water brought by aid workers to the park, where more than 500 people have taken refuge and are living in tents and one-storey buildings. Mounds of garbage are scattered around, with litter in the playground. The air smells of trash and of the heavy smoke from the bonfires families keep lit throughout the day as they try to stay warm.
The building where Aslihan and her husband lived was one of the few left standing, but they said they didn't feel safe entering it even though they have nowhere else to go.
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