Unable to get answers from the Canadian Embassy, 2 brothers have flown to Turkey to find out what happened to their sister, who they haven’t heard from since earthquakes rocked her city last week.
Posted: Feb 12, 2023 5:18 AM EST | Last Updated: February 13Unable to get answers from the Canadian Embassy, brothers Saad and Samar Zora have flown to Turkey to find out what happened to their sister, who they haven’t heard from since earthquakes rocked her city last week.
"We need to confirm her. We need to see her. We have to have a proper burial for respect of the dead," Muthana added. The brothers also connected with one of Samar's friends and are searching local hospitals and a cemetery where mass burials are being conducted. Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 131 people were under investigation for their alleged responsibility in the construction of buildings that failed to withstand the quakes. While the quakes were powerful, victims, experts and people across Turkey are blaming faulty construction for multiplying the devastation.
One of the detained contractors, Yavuz Karakus, told reporters: "My conscience is clear. I built 44 buildings. Four of them were demolished. I did everything according to the rules," DHA quoted him as saying. In Kahramanmaras, near the epicentre of the first quake, workers tried to reach a survivor detected by dogs beneath a now-pancaked seven-storey building, NTV reported.A large makeshift graveyard was under construction in Antakya's outskirts on Saturday. Backhoes and bulldozers dug pits in the field as trucks and ambulances loaded with black body bags arrived continuously. The hundreds of graves, spaced no more than a metre apart, were marked with simple wooden planks.
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