Emergency service workers stand in front of a destroyed apartment block on February 20, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)





Family photos are hanged on the tree amid the rubble of collapsed building after the powerful twin earthquakes hit Turkiye's Kahramanmaras on February 20, 2023. On Feb. 06, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, and Elazig. Later, at 1.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. (Photo by Fatih Kurt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Construction vehicles demolish a damaged 12-storey-building in Kayseri after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkiye on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Sercan Kucuksahin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Mustafa Kazzaz, originally from Syria, holds a picture of his brother who died, along with the rest of his family, in the earthquake, when their apartment block collapsed, and now Kazzaz stays in a tent at the site of their former home, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkey on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Ogun Sever Okur, 38-year-old Turkish man poses among ballons hanging on the debris of a collapsed building in Antakya, southern Turkey on February 21, 2023, following the 6.4-magnitude earthquake which struck on February 20, two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep and has killed more than 44,000 people. On the side of a busy road in Antakya, dozens of red balloons flutter around, hanging from the ruins. They are “the last toys” of children who died during the earthquake that devastated this southern Turkish city, explains Ogun Sever Okur, the author of this posthumous gift. (Photo by SAmeer Al-Doumy/AFP Phoot)





A 65-year-old earthquake survivor Fatma Var is seen at her destroyed house after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit Turkiye's Kahramanmaras on February 21, 2023. Fatma Var is reluctant to leave her house that heavily damaged after earthquakes with severe cracks on the walls and partial collapse as her 7 cats living with her need care. On Feb. 06, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, and Elazig. Later, at 1.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. (Photo by Fatih Kurt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A man rides a motorcycle past debris from destroyed buildings in Samandag, southern Turkey, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Survivors of the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria 15 days ago, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless, dealt with more trauma and loss Tuesday after another deadly quake and aftershocks rocked the region. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





A rabbit stands among the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of powerful earthquakes in Hatay, Turkey, 23 February 2023. More than 46,000 people died and thousands more were injured after major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February and again on 20 February. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA)





A destroyed building leans on a neighbouring house following the earthquake in Samandag, southern Turkey, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Survivors of the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria 15 days ago, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless, dealt with more trauma and loss Tuesday after another deadly quake and aftershocks rocked the region. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





A man passes by a heavily damaged mosque on February 25, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries. (Photo by Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images)





An aerial view of a tricycle of a child is seen at a 14-storey building, hit by 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes remain standing with damage as no casualties reported due to the reinforcement of its columns after the 1998 Ceyhan earthquake, in Adana, Turkiye on February 26, 2023. (Photo by Eren Bozkurt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Turkish Police standing guard at the wreckage against thefts on February 27, 2023 in Malatya, Türkiye. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 45,000, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo by Mesut Yilmaz/dia images via Getty Images)





People walk in the street and building wrecks after earthquake on February 27, 2023 in Hatay, Türkiye. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 45,000, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo by Yavuz Ozden/dia images via Getty Images)





A personnel caresses a dog, named “Aleks”, who is received a treatment after 22 days of being rescued from under the rubble following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkiye including their trauma in Hatay, Turkiye on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Oya Ersoy reacts as riot police prevent her to join demonstrators who are banned and detained as they try to protest against government's interference to the earthquakes which began on February 6, 2023, have struck both Turkey and neighbouring Syria and killed more than 50,000, in Istanbul, Turkey on February 26, 2023. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





A child pets a dog called “Bincir”, adopted after rescuing under the rubble by Umut Yamuktu, at the tent following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkiye including Adiyaman on February 27, 2023. (Photo by Orhan Cicek/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A piece of rock in Adiyaman's Eski Kahta Village first drifted, then split in two and fell on the house. on March 1, 2023 in Adıyaman, Türkiye. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 45,000, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo by Halil Kahraman/dia images via Getty Images)





An aerial view taken on the evening of March 5, 2023 shows a lit main road and streets left in darkness in Kahramanmaras, one month after a massive earthquake struck south-east Turkey. A massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked huge swathes of Turkey and parts of Syria on February 6, 2023, killing more than 50,000 people in both countries, with some 46 000 on the Turkish side. One month on, teams of workers are still toiling to clear the rubble that now dominates quake-hit cities, as the country faces faces the daunting task of rebuilding flattened cities, with tens of thousands buried and many survivors barely subsisting in tents or containers. Turkish officials said 214,000 buildings collapsed following the quake, many of them in Hatay and Kahramanmaras. (Photo by Eylul Yasar/AFP Photo)





A damaged building gets knocked down in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Adana, Turkey on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





Serkan Sincan, 51, poses with a Qoran found in the rubble of a collapsed building next to a portrait of modern Turkey founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in front of his antique shop in the historic part of Antakya on March 7, 2023. While the residents of the city still mourn the huge loss of human lives and memories amid apocalyptic scenes of devastation, Serkan Sincan keeps his shop open in the abandoned street since the third day of the massive 7.8 magnitude quake on February 6. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP Photo)