'Finding 死体s is all we have': 辞職 after Turkey 地震

Turkey's quake survivors are starting to realise that some of their loved one's bodies may never be exhumed

Turkey's 地震 生存者s are starting to realise that some of their loved one's 団体/死体s may never be exhumed

The headscarf-covered woman could not 含む/封じ込める her 激怒(する).

Selva was 確かな that dozens of her loved ones remained buried in the がれき of Turkey's 壊滅的な 地震.

"But the 救助者s have left," Selva cried beside one of the myriad bonfires 保護するing 生存者s from the bitter 冷淡な.

The 48-year-old woman watched Turkish and international teams scour through the remains of her building in Turkey's 粉々にするd Syrian 国境 地域 city of Antakya.

Each one of them gave up before finding her 親族s.

"The teams that (機の)カム here 明確に explained to us that they were looking for 生存者s," said retired 兵士 Cengiz, as he listened to Selva's cries.

"They worked for two days without finding anyone," the man said.

The 救助者s moved on to other mountains of deb ris that were once buildings -- but now ますます look like 集まり 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs.

"We understand that they need to look for 生存者s first," their 隣人 Husein chipped in.

"But we have the 権利 to 埋め立てる the remains of our loved one."

All three preferred not to give AFP their 十分な 指名するs because of the political sensitivities of criticising search and 救助(する) work.

- 'Nobody here' -

The 仕事 直面するing Turkey in the wake of its deadliest 災害 of modern times is hard to overstate.

Last week's 7.8-magnitude (軽い)地震 killed nearly 40,000 people and 破壊するd entire towns and cities across the southeast of the country and parts of Syria.

救助者s 勇敢に立ち向かう ceaseless aftershocks when they burrow their way into the がれき in search for 調印するs of life.

Turkish rescuers pulled out Seher, a 15-year-old Syrian, more than 200 hours after the initial jolt

Turkish 救助者s pulled out Seher, a 15-year-old Syrian, more than 200 hours after the 初期の 揺さぶる

Several more people were 撤退 out alive on Tuesday -- more than 200 hours after the 初期の 揺さぶる.

But 救助者s have been 軍隊d to 譲歩する 敗北・負かす at 非常に/多数の 場所/位置s. There is 簡単に too much がれき and not enough 資源s to 演習 through トンs upon トンs of 固める/コンクリート.

Turkish 大統領 Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tried to soothe the 怒り/怒る by 小旅行するing some 荒廃させるd 場所/位置s and 定期的に 演説(する)/住所ing the nation on TV.

But that message is not getting across in cities such as Antakya -- 大部分は devoid of 力/強力にする and 欠如(する)ing water and basic amenities such as 洗面所s.

One indignant woman 近づく the 地震's epicentre in nearby Kahramanmaras (刑事)被告 救助者s of giving up on a mother, her newborn, and another 親族.

"They gave us hope by telling us that the baby and the mother were alive," said the woman, 辞退するing to give her 指名する for 恐れる of 天罰.

"They said they would pull them out. But today, there is nobody here!" she cried.

- Desperate to find the dead -

Yet Erdogan does not get all the 非難する.

The 地震 struck a 地域 in which the 退役軍人 leader enjoyed strong support in Turkey's last 国家の 選挙 in 2018.

Erdogan was planning to try to 延長する his 支配する into a third 10年間 in 投票s 始める,決める for May 14. His 政府 has given no (疑いを)晴らす 指示,表示する物 yet about かもしれない 延期するing the 投票(する).

Selva said she still 支援するd Erdogan -- にもかかわらず all the 苦痛.

"He has done a lot for us, even now," she said.

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t week's 7.8-magnitude tremor raised entire towns and cities across southeastern Turkey

Last week's 7.8-magnitude (軽い)地震 raised entire towns and cities across southeastern Turkey

The grieving men and women around her 概して agreed with that 見解(をとる).

But there were were also たびたび(訪れる) -- but 匿名の/不明の -- 発言する/表明するs of bitter dissent.

"We have reached the point where we could 簡単に be happy to find the 死体s," said a civil servant who requested anonymity for 恐れる of losing her 職業.

She had lost her brother and her sister-and-法律 in the 地震.

"We are so desperate that the hope of finding 死体s is all we have," she said.

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