Aid agencies and governments stepped up a scramble Tuesday to send help to parts of Turkey and Syria devastated by an earthquake, but a week after the disaster many complained they still were struggling to meet basic needs.
“People are people," Ergungor adds. "There are little differences, some of them are Christian, some of them are Muslim. But, what separates us is really the deli aisle. Some people eat pork, some people don’t. Otherwise, people are people.”
With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled Wednesday in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake.
Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.