Aftermath of Türkiye’s Earthquake
On February 6th, a 7.8 earthquake struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria, killing tens of thousands and displacing millions of people. Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş, and Antakya were the most affected regions - with half of Antakya destroyed and 80 percent of the building remaining left uninhabitable. The images are from all three regions and were photographed on assignment for The Guardian, Bloomberg, and Zeit. This is also an ongoing personal project, following up with survivors from the earthquake, and understanding the difficulties involved in rebuilding their lives.
Residents of Antakya, Türkiye make camp in the city center. Almost all the buildings are uninhabitable, even if they didn't collapse after the earthquake.
A woman mourns as she identifies a family member who has been pulled out of the rubble in Antakya, Türkiye.
A woman is pulled alive from the rubble after being trapped for three days in Antakya, Türkiye.
Residents of Antakya, Türkiye burn firewood to stay warm on cold winter nights after the earthquake. The city center has been converted into a tent city for temporary housing.
Gamze (on the left) and Kenan (on the right) prepare the car to sleep for the third night in Antakya after the earthquake destroyed their home. They have three children - Ela, nine years old, Mehmet, 12 years old, and Cemre, a 1-year-old baby.
Rescue teams work tirelessly, and a worker can be seen entering a collapsed building in an attempt to find survivors in Antakya.
A group of residents take refuge in the bazaar and make fires at night with others displaced from the earthquake in Antakya.
A heap of collapsed buildings in Antakya, one month after the earthquake struck.
Nazire walks through the front entrance to their property which is now collapsed. Their home was destroyed by the earthquake and as of 6 months since it struck they are still living in the shed that remains standing in Tevekkeli, a small village outside of Kahramanmaraş.
A family photo is found in the rubble and placed outside a collapsed apartment building in Kahramanmaraş.
Bodies that were recently pulled from the rubble and waiting to be identified in Antakya.
An old arena for indoor football is converted into a temporary shelter for displaced survivors of the earthquake.
Rescue teams from all over the world work in Antakya throughout the night in a rush to find survivors in time
A young girl gets pulled from a collapsed apartment building in Antakya, after being trapped from three days
Most residents remaining in Antakya live in their cars if they have one. Gas has become a crucial resource for people to charge their devices, run generators, and stay warm in their vehicles. A large line is found all day into the night at the petrol station.
Samira Yildiz finds herself in a bazaar that has been converted into housing for displaced survivors from the earthquake in Antakya. She, with her husband, lived on the 2nd floor of a 2-story building when it collapsed. She hid underneath the living room table, but the wall fell on her, injuring her leg, hand, and cut open her head. She and her husband spent two days trapped before being rescued by volunteers. They couldn't stitch her head due to a lack of supplies.
A building falls off its foundation near the city center in Antakya.
Cuma sits in his tent outside of his collapsed apartment building in Hatay, where his wife and three children used to live. Cuma's wife and children relocated to Izmir temporarily, and when asked why he didn't join them he said, "I am born here, I want to live here, it's my hometown...if I leave people could come and take everything."
Residents and rescue teams wrap bodies found in the rubble with sheets and blankets in Antakya.
A road is seen severely damaged in Hatay after the earthquake.