Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster

Antakya, Turkey (AFP) Feb 6, 2025

Thousands of survivors held torchlit vigils across southern Turkey at 4:17 am Thursday, expressing pain and anger as they marked the exact moment two years ago when a devastating earthquake struck that led to the deaths of over 53,000 people in Turkey and some 6,000 in Syria. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck before dawn when people were sleeping, destroying almost 40,000 buildings and severel