Turkey-Syria earthquake: The death toll from the earthquake disaster has reached 21,051. Thousands of homeless people are still struggling with hunger and cold. In 1999, an earthquake of this type occurred in northwestern Turkey, killing 17,000 people. This earthquake has already crossed the border.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that around 40 percent of the buildings in Kahramanmaras, the epicenter of the earthquake, have been damaged. In such a situation, many countries have rushed to help Turkey and Syria.
The series of earthquakes has killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria and damaged valuable cultural sites in the respective regions. According to a report by NBC News, the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO found that many historical structures in the ancient cities of Antakya, Sanliurfa and Aleppo were damaged or completely collapsed after the earthquake.
The first aid from the United Nations arrived today in Syria, which has faced an earthquake disaster. A UN relief convoy crossed the Turkish border into northwest Syria on Thursday as earthquake-hit Turkey-Syria awaited international aid since Monday.
In contrast, the situation in Turkey is different. After the earthquake, aid and rescue teams from 70 countries and 14 international organizations have gone there. Various human rights organizations in Syria have complained that the international community is too biased towards Syria.