ISKENDERUN — Turkish children left homeless by the massive tremor that struck Turkey and Syria last week have been learning to cope with what happened and their ongoing anxiety over aftershocks by playing 'earthquake' with building blocks, a teacher said. 'They talk about the earthquake. They build blocks and say... 'is this okay for earthquakes?' and 'is it stable?',' said...
A child rests in a ferry turned into a makeshift healthcare facility for victims of the deadly earthquake in Iskenderun, Hatay province, Turkey on Feb 15, 2023.ISKENDERUN — Turkish children left homeless by the massive tremor that struck Turkey and Syria last week have been learning to cope with what happened and their ongoing anxiety over aftershocks by playing 'earthquake' with building blocks, a teacher said.
They also play with toy fire engines. "They say... 'We have to go to the earthquake quickly'," she said. Hasibe Ebru, a psychiatrist working on the ferry, said other people were crying a lot and had difficulty sleeping. "This really calms them down. They feel relieved when they learn that they are not going crazy, they are actually sane and that this is something any normal person would experience. We are monitoring them all day long."
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