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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
Pope Leo XIV arrives to board a plane to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino international airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
Pope Leo XIV arrives to board a plane to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino international airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
Pope Leo XIV arrives to board a plane to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino international airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Pope Leo XIV Boards A Plane To Ankara At Rome's Fiumicino International Airport
The airplane with Pope Leo XIV takes off to Ankara at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport in Italy on November 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV begins his first six-day foreign trip, traveling to Turkiye, where he is expected to meet privately with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea, modern-day Iznik. He then continues on to Lebanon, where he is scheduled to meet local authorities, leaders and representatives from various religious faiths, and groups of young people. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto) -
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Defence Secretary John Healey visit to Paris and Ankara
13/03/2025. Ankara,Türkiye. The Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin speaks with The Defence Secretary John Healey and other UK delegation members before departing Türkiye. Picture by Tim Hammond / MOD / eyevine
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Defence Secretary John Healey visit to Paris and Ankara
13/03/2025. Ankara,Türkiye.The Defence Secretary John Healey bids farewell to the Turkish Minister of National Defense Ya?ar Güler. Picture by Tim Hammond / MOD / eyevine
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Defence Secretary John Healey visit to Paris and Ankara
13/03/2025. Ankara,Türkiye.The Defence Secretary John Healey Is welcomed with a ceremonial Guard of Honour by the Turkish Minister of National Defense Ya?ar Güler . Picture by Tim Hammond / MOD / eyevine
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Defence Secretary John Healey visit to Paris and Ankara
13/03/2025. Ankara,Türkiye.The Defence Secretary John Healey Is welcomed with a ceremonial Guard of Honour by the Turkish Minister of National Defense Ya?ar Güler . Picture by Tim Hammond / MOD / eyevine
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'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish city's pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes.
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city's pre-Ottoman heritage often hides in plain sight, is allowed to wither or is obscured for political purposes.
Small allotments and farms exist along sections of former Istanbul city boundary wall between Yedikule Kap?s? and Belgrad Kap?s?. The slow restoration project is currently led by the Istanbul city Municipality. The museum is open to the public, whilst work continues. It offers views across the historic peninsula, and the great city walls that surround modern Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city.
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'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish city's pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes.
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city's pre-Ottoman heritage often hides in plain sight, is allowed to wither or is obscured for political purposes.
The interior of the Kalenderhane Mosque - formerly a Byzantine Church. Kalenderhane Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
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'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish city's pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes.
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city's pre-Ottoman heritage often hides in plain sight, is allowed to wither or is obscured for political purposes.
A former Byzantine cistern underneath Nakka? Rugs, a shop catering to tourists with carpets, ceramics, and weaving displays. The owners decided to preserve the cistern, and made it into a museum, accessible via the shop. Istanbul, Turkey
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'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish city's pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes.
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city's pre-Ottoman heritage often hides in plain sight, is allowed to wither or is obscured for political purposes.
?ülerü Çolale, manager of the Giritli Restoran, nestled against the Byzantine walls that surround the secluded garden of the restaurant in Ah?rkap?, in Istanbul’s historic peninsula, a popular touristic destination. Istanbul, Turkey
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'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish city's pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes.
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city's pre-Ottoman heritage often hides in plain sight, is allowed to wither or is obscured for political purposes.
The Byzantine walls that surround the secluded garden of the Giritli Restoran in Ah?rkap?, in Istanbul’s historic peninsula, a popular touristic destination. Istanbul, Turkey
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'People come to touch the walls': fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish city's pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes.
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city's pre-Ottoman heritage often hides in plain sight, is allowed to wither or is obscured for political purposes.
A cafe and restaurant with the historic city walls seen at the rear of the garden, at the Fatih Belediyesi Cankurtaran Sosyal Tesisleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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Meeting of NATO minister
Secretary Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Brussels, Belgium, November 28, 2023. (POLARIS)
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Meeting of NATO minister
Secretary Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Brussels, Belgium, November 28, 2023. (POLARIS)
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits Turkey
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is briefed on key strategic issues for Turkey by the Turkish Defence Minister Ya?ar Güler at the Inönü Meeting Hall, Turkish MOND followed by signing a Statement of Intent at the end of the meeting. / eyevine
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits Turkey
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is briefed on key strategic issues for Turkey by the Turkish Defence Minister Ya?ar Güler at the Inönü Meeting Hall, Turkish MOND followed by signing a Statement of Intent at the end of the meeting. / eyevine
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits Turkey
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has a Bilateral meeting with the Turkish Defence Minister Ya?ar Güler at Minister’s Office, Turkish in MOND. / eyevine
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits Turkey
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is met by a ceremonial guard before signing the Book of Honour at the Ministerial Gate, Turkish MOND / eyevine
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits Turkey
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is met by a ceremonial guard before signing the Book of Honour at the Ministerial Gate, Turkish MOND / eyevine
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits Turkey
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps lays a wreath and writes a message in the memorial book at Anitkabir (mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, leader of the Turkish war of Independence) / eyevine
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Semi finished concrete shells of the Sarot Country Tatil Köyü, down the road from the more well known large holiday home project of Burj al Babas, also made by the Sarot Group. North western Turkey.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Fake trees line the corridors of the Sarot Termal Park Resort & Spa, another project by the group responsible for the Burj al Babas site. The hotel sits near Bolu, on natural thermal springs, in north-western Turkey
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The Sarot Termal Park Resort & Spa, another project by the group responsible for the Burj al Babas site. The hotel sits near Bolu, on natural thermal springs, in north-western Turkey
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Mehmet Cantürk, lifelong resident of Mudurnu, the historic Turkish town next to the Burj al Babas site, is very much against the project, and thinks its ill fitting with the local community and historical architecture.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
As the project drags on, and the homes haven’t been finished, the project has become a point of diplomatic tension between Turkey and Kuwait.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Concrete overload - the bones of what is said to become a shopping centre and recreation centre, in the middle of the 700 plus castle-esk homes of the Burj al Babas project in western Turkey.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Adem Tekgöz, project manager for the Sarot Group, who built and owns the Burj al Babas project site in western Turkey, in the basement of one of the castle homes, where he says a swimming pool would be built.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
As the project drags on, and the homes haven’t been finished, the project has become a point of diplomatic tension between Turkey and Kuwait.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The interior construction of a turret, one of the 700 miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
As the project drags on, and the homes haven’t been finished, the project has become a point of diplomatic tension between Turkey and Kuwait.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
A priest (in black) and others clamber over rubble, after a bulldozer excavating the damaged ruins of a church in Antakya’s old city continues the search for lost belongings. Much of Antakya was destroyed by the huge earthquakes that struck the region on the 6th of February 2023. Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
The dust from a bulldozer excavating the damaged ruins of a church in Antakya’s old city, much of which was destroyed by the huge earthquakes that struck the region on the 6th of February 2023. Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
A woman walks past the dust from a bulldozer excavating the damaged ruins of a church in Antakya’s old city, much of which was destroyed by the huge earthquakes that struck the region on the 6th of February 2023. Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
Rubble of destroyed homes from the 6th of February 2023 earthquake lays in a large dumping site a couple of hundred metres away from the Mediterranean Sea, people’s homes, a school, police station, and a container camp, in Samanda?, Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
Rubble of destroyed homes from the 6th of February 2023 earthquake lays in a large dumping site a couple of hundred metres away from the Mediterranean Sea, people’s homes, a school, police station, and a container camp, in Samanda?, Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
Rubble of destroyed homes from the 6th of February 2023 earthquake lays in a large dumping site a couple of hundred metres away from the Mediterranean Sea, people’s homes, a school, police station, and a container camp, in Samanda?, Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
Rubble of destroyed homes from the 6th of February 2023 earthquake lays in a large dumping site a couple of hundred metres away from the Mediterranean Sea, people’s homes, a school, police station, and a container camp, in Samanda?, Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
Rubble of destroyed homes from the 6th of February 2023 earthquake lays in a large dumping site a couple of hundred metres away from the Mediterranean Sea, people’s homes, a school, police station, and a container camp, in Samanda?, Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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'The illegality is enormous': Turkey's quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss.
Samanda? is one of at least 18 locations where authorities have dumped rubble across Hatay province, after two powerful earthquakes killed more than 60,000 people in south-east Turkey and northern Syria in early February. Trucks piled with valuable metal pulled from the remnants of demolished homes zigzag across the province, while thousands of damaged buildings are torn down, creating dust that blankets whole streets.
Six months on from the disaster, the people of Hatay now have to deal with the aftermath - and the long-term environmental and public health effects of the cleanup. Still grieving their human losses, people backed by lawyers and activists are now engaged in a bitter fight with local authorities that allow private companies to dump rubble in rivers, on wildlife reserves and in residential areas.
Rubble of destroyed homes from the 6th of February 2023 earthquake lays in a large dumping site a couple of hundred metres away from the Mediterranean Sea, people’s homes, a school, police station, and a container camp, in Samanda?, Hatay province, southern Turkey.
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A significant number of police and military personnel were deployed to secure the arrival of the first Heads of State and Government. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkiye, is seen in Vilnius city center, on the eve of the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 10, 2023.
A significant number of police and military personnel were deployed to secure the arrival of the first Heads of State and Government. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)
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NEWS - Präsident Erdogan am NATO-Gipfel in Vilnius
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - JUNE 10, 2023:
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkiye, is seen in Vilnius city center, on the eve of the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 10, 2023.
A significant number of police and military personnel were deployed to secure the arrival of the first Heads of State and Government. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)
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