Turkey’s government only counts those formally identified in its death toll of earthquake victims.
But it is estimated that about half of those killed have not yet been named and therefore have not been added to the official figures.
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Iskenderun, Turkey.
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You can move heavy trucks and bus, equipments the concrete roof with rope
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Yes WHYYYY did they collapse in the first place 😢😢😢 there needs to be an outcry/demand that the new and remaining buildings be up to code and quake safe . This repetition😮 of sorrow and preventable deaths is getting old and ridiculous now 😞
@Mitch Jarvis so true
Any structure comes down in a 7.8 reading..it’s mother nature…
@Rocker Chick Not just the property developer, the contractor, the inspector that wrote “pass” on the inspection and everyone that accepted bribes to look the other way. It happened with 75,000 buildings.
It is the will of Allah.
@Petras World good ! The ones who wrote pass (inspectors ) DEFINITELY need to be arrested
Expect 75,000 deaths
I just round of 100,000.
My heart breaks for all those who have lost their loved one
the unimaginable pain and suffering you all are feeling is so
horrendous to see, my prayers & condolences are with you all
🕊🙏❤😞😪😭
Your fart breaks? Prayers? How about a donation to make a real difference?
@Sanjin Hadžiomerspahić I have no money to donate, but if I did I would definitely give it. So all I can do is pray
for strength, comfort and peace for all
these poor people.
@Sanjin Hadžiomerspahić how rude,how about you donating instead of trolling people who are sympathizing!!!
Why these people are wasting the land just cremated their bodies in machines
Religious superstition prevents them.
@lilith Now everybody will lecture you😊. Death toll more than 30.000 and I am sure will be way higher than that and still they say that God is great🤷🏻♀️. If it is true then, why he killed all those innocent people in their sleep. When somebody is alive, they say miracle happens. Religious people loot people belongings. I have millions of questions. I just don’t understand. I helped people and listened all those stories about religious peoples rapes, tortures,… God, Allah, Jesus,… So many people under religion got tortured, raped, killed,… I really don’t understand.
That is how they do so respect it… And also if they cremate the body, it will take time especially the deaths are increasing…
@c k Childhood indoctrination is a very poisonous thing .
There is no burning in Islam.
I offer my sincere condolence to the earthquake victims from Japan.
It hurts my soul watching people who suffer from earthquake, because we know its fear, desperation, and feeling of helplessness when face to enormous earthquakes and loosing dearest people.
However, do not abandon your hope to your future.
I believe you can smile happily again someday. Yes. Someday. I hope.
@Mogamad Greyson i think the commenter meant that they were an earthquake victim from japan but idk
The commentor want to said He’s from Japan and gave his condolence to the victims of Turkey… Be Mature guys why are you teasing him like these Replies?
Yikes! Reading comprehension skills are lacking…….the commenter is sending condolences from Japan.
Japan should tutor Turkey on constructing quake proof buildings.
Yeah . . . why did they ???? . . . in the first place . . . Of course we know what most insurance companies call that. An act of God. But was it ???? Who decided to build housing that can’t withstand earthquakes . . . in a known earthquake zone ???? God ????
This is Almighty Allah’s will and we must respect it. Allah has punished them. If we help them we will suffer Allah’s wrath too 🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️
Mufti menk said we cannot stay he punished them because of course good people also died
This is of course a sign to man kind for us all to become closer to him aswell
May Allah grant them all jannah
@n.n we should help the effecties of Earth Quake Allah will be pleased.
The mourners are a world full, name or not…try saying that.
The great Turkey will rise again like the sun inshaAllah.
The one who feel good abt it will die in his/ her country in a same way not today bt tomorrow definitely.
Why did the buildings collapse? What a naive question? Because of rampart corruption engrained in one party states. Sure it´s allways “terrorists” or “criminals” those pesky human rights activists aiming for rule of law and transparency´re all just enemies of the self serving corrupt faces of the regimes. When there´s no transparency reality´s gona prove how rotten your system is.
Why did those buildings fall? _CORRUPTION!_
So sad I I am so sorry for your lost😨😰😢😢😭
Greek Gods are Zeus , Poseidon, Appolo , Thor not happy with Tyrant Erdogan thats why these type of disasters..Appeal to Turkey don’t confront with Greece..
I am sure u have thor hammer too lol
POOR CONTRACTORS! THEY WERE BUILT FAST, AND CHEAP. FOR PROFITS 📈 YOU KNOW = MONEY!
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When he plans to destroy no building can withstand his powerful shocks. REPENTENCE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS NOW.
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I’m confused, the official results of >30K doesn’t include those unidentified but found…
Now that’s stupid.
That mean they are not dead, they will resurrect like Jesus Christ.
The president is up for re-elelction in 2 months.
@charles hoang I think you got your religions mixed up.
SMH.
Don’t drink the coffee.
1:00 You’re absolutely not confused.
How absurd is that. They should have two list, one describing the number of bodies they put in the graves and the other list describing the people they know have identifications.
If I had a guest, I would say it’s just poor reporting. There’s probably some confusion. I can’t imagine that they’re not keeping tallies of how many deaths there are regardless if they’re identified or not.
Also notice that they are taking DNA samples and giving each grave a number of the unknown. Those numbers could be collected and added to the identified graves, giving a total lose of life count.
I think it’s just confusion in the reporting process here in the news.
Or they are not human being.
May the departed soul rest in peace,May Allah enlighten their graves & grant them jannatul firdausi
May the lord comfort the deceased family, Pls kindy accept my condolence.
Jesus loves me.
My God. Only those identified have been counted in the death total?! I understand why, but still… the grand total when this is said and done will end up being Turkey and Syria’s new #1 catastrophe!! And that poor mother… so many people there do not know (because some have little way of finding out) that this was an apocalyptic type of event and that is the reason for the delays. Oh, my heart. I am so very sorry for your loss… upon loss… upon loss. 😔💔🙏
Oh yes in history
Instead of going to Mars, moon etc or making weapons, means to tackle such natural disasters is need of the time. Otherwise nothing will be left.
@Julia Weber Hi, Julia! Yes, a horrific historical event that happened in our lifetime! Sadly, I think we will be witness to many. 😔💜
@A H Excellent point and agreed! It’s a slippery slope where if we do not advance technology and/or continue to make weapons, we could be seen as weak and this could do us harm. BUT in theory, I agree with u completely. 👍💜
I am deeply sorry to see all the families suffering… I can only imagine how traumatic it is for all involved..
it is an election year so Erdogan’s greed on holding on to power. No moral.
Really horrific and heartbreaking and devastating 😭😭😭
The death is now almost 60k plus,the numbers may reach 200k plus in both countries
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May there soul rest in peace ♥️
Feel for mother who lost her son..
From India
It’s so heartbreaking. Lets all pray for these people.💔💔💔
They were warned, but th4 Turkish government never prepared
I think the president already admitted his mistake…
its officially türkiye if yall are legit journos 😂😂😂
Umarım aynı şey başına gelir
It will pass 100 000 and there’ll still be those not found. They’ll come across their remains as time goes by.
The world will be non the wiser. Life has become worthless
Builder Politicians Erdogan Corruption leading to cheap buildings n lakhs died, drag Erdogan to the roads like Gadaffi and copy paste
Please fix your audio… balance seems always to be an issue for your uploads
Suggestion: Please report on locations where buildings successfully survived 7.8 and higher magnitude earthquakes. Thank you.
They epicenter was 7.8 and that area is flattened,they’re is no structure that can withstand it..even the ground cracked open…
Some talk sense ….its God who created us .none can stand when he take us back .
Bayraktar are more precious than cranes and bulldozers in Turkey.
😢😢😢😢
Very TRAGIC
No one can Question the Act of God
INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI ROJIUN
(“Surely, we belong to Allah and Verily to Him do we return.”)
Allah may give you ,sabar, this is really hard time.
Pretty angry people it was an earthquake and if you don’t invest in the emergency and preparedness for earthquakes but living in tall buildings should be a lesson don’t live in high rise period and also make sure building is up to code and that you have a plan when there’s a disaster
Allah is the healer ….HE testify whom HE loves….we Belong to Him we return Him….we will meet in heaven inshallah…
My heart is broken when I have seen the mother”s crying
Our prayers are with you.heart breaking,shocking visuals from Turkey and syria.we belong to Allah and to him we shall return.
Playing the blame game will not bring anyone back, unfortunately.
“Why did those buildings collapsed in the first place?”
Well..find out if those residential projects were a construction by Ch1n4 developer. Many buildings in Ch1n4 are called “Tofu”…built by m0n3y L4und3r1ng m4f1as pretending to be developers. They do JV projects all over the world. Most Tofu buildings are uninhabited. But what’s reckless and dangerous…is when they take on JV government projects for public use.
HARP from evil country USA is behind all this
In India which is home 1500 million people, not even 5% buildings can withstand earthquake of 6 and above.. Lot of high rise buildings have come in the last 20-30 years and we dont know whether they are safe for any major earthquake..
My cry goes to people of turkey am so sorry may God give you the comfort so sorry for you losses
I feel so sad seeing this my sincere condolences.
Natural disasters or killed by a man the suffering of the remaining love ones is immense, may allah bring pease to these people who are killing each other whom worship the same God, allah. There is no killing of people any where else in the world to this level and allah may have send the earthquake as a message to stop killing each other in his name, allah huwakber, may his wish be to bring happiness to people
Al-fatihah and Salam takziah 😔 …. From 🇲🇾 ,, thank you!! My brotherhood (team smart,, Bomba 🇲🇾) 👍💪
rip…
Everyone should be counted not just the identified ones 😭😭😭😭😭 this is heartbreaking.. please say the exact amount of people killed.the world is watching on. . have a heart..🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😭😭😭 For the same of humanity.
My condolences for everyone who lost their loved ones. But with the overwhelming destruction, there is no point blaming anyone for rescue. It’s simply not possible.
Bitterest truth.
For so many killed, and no help, how does so many people hae warm coats, using cell phones, and surviving without water??
It’s really heartbreaking😭
My deeply condolence to the earthquake victims🙏💐🌼❤ from India
Fascist Erdogan 🐕 is hiding figures to save his face in upcoming elections in Turkey
maybe sweden and Finland offer help in exchange for support for them joining NATO? . . . seems like Turkey isnt as much of a top dog as it pretends to be
Erdogen has only acquired the skills of co-ordinating the network of terrorist countries like Pakistan and leading the task of mobilizing islamic terrorist nations against rest of humanity.
Sending our love and prayers to Turkey and Syria from JAMAICA 🙏🙏
How cruel people are, there has been an immense CATASTROPHE which took place in Turkey and
Syria, no human or thing can stand up against Mother Nature. For heaven sake, there were TWO EARTHQUAKE, 7.8 and 7.7, one after the other; thank God some building are still standing. And yes a lot of people had been rescued, many are dead and many injured and many more missing, they couldn’t run to safety, the were sleeping…I personally feel horrified every time I see the extent of the human casualties and destruction, but human can only do so much against the Force of Nature.
Look at the amount of donation, and the world converging all together to do whatever possible to help the people from Turkey, because the country opened its door to allow all the countries volunteering to help Turkey unlike ASSAD from Syria who want to punish his opposition and and negotiate geopolitical, while his people were dying, as a consequence, some rescuer manage to get to Syria but they didn’t delivery the tool to dig and save the people…
My heart i broken for all the people of Turkey and Syria, for the dead because they died a horrific death and the one alive for their pain which might last a lifetime and the innocent children. May God protect, soothe your pain and guide you all, always.
“Over the years, engineers and scientists have devised multiple techniques to create effective earthquake-proof buildings. However, as advanced as technology and materials are today, it is not always possible for buildings to completely withstand powerful earthquakes unscathed. May 4, 2022”
That makes no sense at all. Rebuild on a fault line. Look at the devastation. Why on earth would you rebuild there?
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It’s always higher than the reported cases, this made me remember Yolanda. My deepest condolences to those poor souls.
Where is all the tax money collected in name of earthquake tax by turkiye govt from all these years … Why isn’t that money accounted and used for the victims?
Is the delay of cranes not also part of the “test” that everyone says this earthquake is?
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Real death toll is over 300 thousand people as most bodies are not identified. Over 12000 buildings fully collapsed which each housed over 100 people each . Over 50 % would have died in these buildings . This is the worst earthquake ever in human history
Bencana alam, pembunuhan, kematian mendadak, peperangan adalah fase menuju akhir zaman dunia yg smakin dekat.
So the number of the victims is actually the double of the official data
May their soul rest in peace
Oh My God, so sad!.
condolences to those people died by that devastating earthquake.
So sad 😞 RIP
Sending love and 🙏 prayers so sad and heartbreaking for the people of Turkey and Syria
My deepest, deepest and sincerest condolences to everyone suffering from this horrendous tragedy. I do not have the words to share how saddened I truly am. From Roatan, Honduras. 😔
God bless all souls 🙏😭
So heartbreaking😢😢😢
Rest in Peace beautiful souls🙇♀️🙇♀️🙇♀️❤❤❤
This is very heartbroken, its very hard if someone passaway without saying goodbye. Condolences to the family. Prayer for you. May God comfort you, guide you, strengthen you no matter what are you facing now. Godbless. 😔🙏
I think we should all help each another when earthquake hits,I see som country not helping……
There is no words to describe the pain when someone loses their families.
My condolences to those who are so desperate.
Unfortunately I have to tell the public in general this:
Anyone can face a major earthquake now…
Humans are ruining planet earth 🌎
National geographic society
Long ago showed to the world
The digging caused by the drilling to get the petroleum was 27.000 feet deep
Or similar to 9 km.
And the daily consumption was 80.000.000 barrils per day.
This was 20 years ago.
Can we imagine how the planet looks like inside by now ,???
Scientists already knew this situations can cause major earthquakes.
Probably there are other causes too.
But this deep drilling is one of them for sure.
It’s about time to chose other options to run transportstions.
I know when someone loses the one’s they love you naturally want to blame someone/ to hold someone accountable. It’s also unfair to blame the prime minster or builders. 2 powerful earthquakes would have flattened many countries including the uk. In the uk we get 10 inches of snow / strong winds and the country can’t operate, so imagine being hit so hard by 2 powerful earthquakes so close together followed with hundreds of tremors it would crumble. It was a terrible situation and any country would have struggled to deal with it.
Unfair to blame them? Why do you think over 100 arrest warrants have already been issued? The scale of the destruction would have been greatly reduced if the builders followed earthquake engineering principles.This tragedy has roots in systemic corruption and negligence. Wake up.
I can feel the pain of losing our beloved ones . Love and prayers from Nagaland 🙏🙏🙏
Erdogan is finished, wether we like it or not.
There are few words that can relay this grief & agony…
😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Their President is all about appearances and politics
It’s a shame buildings weren’t constructed safely
U can’t imagine Indian died in covid there were more 5000000 that is approx 5 million
May Allah grant maghfirat and jannat to deceased and high patience to families ameen
You see my people
What are human being
We are like the shaft that the wind blows away
Therefore we must be ready at all times for the unexpected
Spiritually
Mentally
Physically
And otherwise
Have your lamps ready because we do not know the day are the hour when we will be called away
Innalillahi waina ileihi raajiuun may Allah endure all your pain and grant those that didn’t make it jannatul firdaus to those in hospital may Allah grant them shiffa yarab
Its all so terrible. My prayers go out to those suffering and not knowing.
It’s a sad situation
I’m feel very sorry for those who are innocent people. But i want to tell them that why earthquake hit turkey because the blood of the Christian that are kill by the issis reach to the Lord Jesus Christ son of God. So God punish them so i want to pray that Lord Jesus please stop the earthquake now and no more will die Amen
My Deep condolence to the people of Turkey and Syria, still processing the magnitude of this terrible event 🙁 For all you have lost and the survivors. Love from Kenya