spiritboy Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Twitter was the only place where cries for help were being heard. I can't believe they had the nerve to shut it down.
Chemist Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 23 minutes ago, hallucinate said: erdogan has been talking about people spreading “fake news” about the government not helping enough, even though there is actual evidence for example there was an earthquake victim on live tv questioning the help and the news channel muted him https://balkaninsight.com/2023/02/08/turkey-blocks-twitter-after-public-criticism-of-quake-response/ Yall need to kick Erdogan off in the upcoming elections
hallucinate Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, Chemist said: Yall need to kick Erdogan off in the upcoming elections if this whole situation doesn’t wake his brain dead/ignorant/delusional supporters up then i don’t know what will hoping for the best
Kamil24 Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 it seems to just be getting worse The fact that there could be over 100K deaths..
nadiamendell Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 18 hours ago, A.R.L said: The man did important research regardless of what he thinks about climate change, there were times when einstein was wrong, but that won't make him any less important in history. Unfortunately his tweet didn't go viral at least this time, that would have saved a lot. What.... exactly could they have done in such a short amount of time? Everyone evacuate to other countries? It's just not realistic.
karma police Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) "Renaissance Residence with 12 floors and 250 flats, located on İnönü Boulevard in Hatay, has completely collapsed. It is estimated that 800 people are under the rubble in the building, which was built just 3 years ago and folded like paper." In the meantime Erdogan is doing what he's best at and focus on blocking access to information: announces 3-month state of emergency that, "surprisingly", ends a week before elections: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiye-announces-3-month-state-of-emergency-in-quake-hit-provinces/2809998 detains four bloggers over social media posts about earthquake: https://www.dawn.com/news/1735813 refuses Cyprus' offer for assistance and aid: https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-refuses-cyprus-offer-for-assistance-and-aid and continues to bomb northern Syria (that was also heavily affected by this earthquake): https://medyanews.net/turkey-shells-syrias-north-despite-devastating-earthquake/ edit: up to 180 000 people may be trapped in collapsed buildings Edited February 10, 2023 by karma police
spiritboy Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 My best friend's cousin were rescued today after 2.5 days thanks to stray cats she was looking after. Another cousin saw cats enter the debris and shouted her name. She replied and they were able to rescue here. 5 story building has collapsed on their apartment though, her mother's body was found soon after and her dad won't survive as well.
Icarus Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 This is so awful to think of all the people who are still trapped and suffering for another night
A.R.L Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 5 hours ago, nadiamendell said: What.... exactly could they have done in such a short amount of time? Everyone evacuate to other countries? It's just not realistic. It’s true, sadly it’s not always realistic but I was mostly referring to a warning system like in the link below especially when turkey is one of the most endangered countries with most earthquake activity https://www.preventionweb.net/news/earthquake-early-warning-system-could-save-lives-southern-europe
hallucinate Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 10 hours ago, hallucinate said: and now the government restricted social media, you can’t use twitter without vpn finally
Cloröx Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 WHO estimated around 20k probably died but I think the real number is way way higher than that, possibly the deadliest earthquake since 2010 Haiti.
Bingo Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 I've slept for a total of maybe 10 hours tops for three days. And this is coming from someone whose family luckily weren't affected. So many people that I know lost a lot of their relatives and friends. It all feels unreal honestly. Today my sister's friend was saying that she lost so much of her childhood friends and her saying something like that so casually made me nauseous, I couldn't even fathom it. The thought of them freezing to death underneath all the debris is keeping me up at night. It reached to minus 10 degrees at night there and it's been more than 72 hours at this point. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and although I'm sure they're just happy to be alive right now, I can't stop thinking about how they will be able to function from now on. I've tried to give my name to the Minister of Health to go there to work as an MD but they said no because the hospital that I'm currently working doesn't have a lot of doctors. A few of my friends went there and I'm so proud of them, I'm watching their social media posts and crying non-stop They don't have enough water let alone something to eat but they've been working so hard. I don't even know why I'm writing this here it feels weird, but social media and especially Twitter was responsible for a lot of people being found. The government is trying to supress the numbers and everything but the situation is bad y'all. Please keep us in your prayers and if you wanna donate I suggest this platform: https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey - I know @alp initially posted some organisations but they are affiliated with the government and we don't trust them.
Afferty Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Chemist said: Yall need to kick Erdogan off in the upcoming elections You kmow he's like much more steonger version of Trump and you all still afraid of the next elections turkey is full of people like your rednecks Edited February 9, 2023 by Afferty
Afferty Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 My best friend's whole family is found dead she says I have noone but you left
Chemist Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Bingo said: I've slept for a total of maybe 10 hours tops for three days. And this is coming from someone whose family luckily weren't affected. So many people that I know lost a lot of their relatives and friends. It all feels unreal honestly. Today my sister's friend was saying that she lost so much of her childhood friends and her saying something like that so casually made me nauseous, I couldn't even fathom it. The thought of them freezing to death underneath all the debris is keeping me up at night. It reached to minus 10 degrees at night there and it's been more than 72 hours at this point. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and although I'm sure they're just happy to be alive right now, I can't stop thinking about how they will be able to function from now on. I've tried to give my name to the Minister of Health to go there to work as an MD but they said no because the hospital that I'm currently working doesn't have a lot of doctors. A few of my friends went there and I'm so proud of them, I'm watching their social media posts and crying non-stop They don't have enough water let alone something to eat but they've been working so hard. I don't even know why I'm writing this here it feels weird, but social media and especially Twitter was responsible for a lot of people being found. The government is trying to supress the numbers and everything but the situation is bad y'all. Please keep us in your prayers and if you wanna donate I suggest this platform: https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey - I know @alp initially posted some organisations but they are affiliated with the government and we don't trust them. 56 minutes ago, Afferty said: My best friend's whole family is found dead she says I have noone but you left Wishing a lot of strength to both of you
Bingo Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Chemist said: Wishing a lot of strength to both of you Thank you so much!
Pheromosa Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 I hope that 180k trapped figure is not accurate
hallucinate Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 it’s been over 3.5 days and they are still rescuing so many people & there are lots of people alive still waiting
Blackout2006 Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 17,000+? It was just 7,900 the last time I read it (that was last night). This is so terrible. Hearing all of your devastating stories leaves me heartbroken for what those may be going through in Turkey and the affected regions as well. Stay safe and strong
A.R.L Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 22 hours ago, family.guy123 said: What’s offensive about that cartoon? It says there's not even need to send tanks to try to compare this to war. They were terrible for that, and I'm defending the poor victims here, not the turkish government because they too can use anything in their propaganda even when it comes to the suffering of others. But this represents charlie hebdo only. France offered aid to both syria and turkey as it should be.
Bingo Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Blackout2006 said: 17,000+? It was just 7,900 the last time I read it (that was last night). This is so terrible. Hearing all of your devastating stories leaves me heartbroken for what those may be going through in Turkey and the affected regions as well. Stay safe and strong Thank you so much, it means a lot! 6 hours ago, A.R.L said: It says there's not even need to send tanks to try to compare this to war. They were terrible for that, and I'm defending the poor victims here, not the turkish government because they too can use anything in their propaganda even when it comes to the suffering of others. But this represents charlie hebdo only. France offered aid to both syria and turkey as it should be. Exactly!
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