“Take pictures of my child,” he said in a quiet, broken voice. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ANKARA - A photo of a father holding his daughter’s hand killed in Turkey’s February 6 earthquake has provoked an outpouring of sympathy and support from around the world, he told AFP.in Turkey and thousands more in neighbouring Syria, AFP photographer Adem Altan tracked down Mesut Hancer in the capital Ankara.As well as his daughter, lost under the ruins of an eight-storey block of flats, “I lost my mother, my brothers, my nephews in the quake,” said Hancer.
It became a symbol of a disaster that devastated tens of thousands of lives, drawing special attention to his family. Now, a businessman has offered the former baker an administrative job at a TV channel and given the family an apartment in Ankara. Meanwhile a painting of Hancer’s daughter Irmak as an angel alongside her father, donated by an artist, hangs in their living room.A painting of Hancer’s daughter Irmak as an angel alongside her father, donated by an artist, hangs in their living room. PHOTO: AFP
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