Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate

An explosion at a pasta factory in Hendek, Sakarya, Turkey, has resulted in 30 injuries and one fatality, according to local media reports. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon at the factory located on the "Anadolu Otoyolu" highway, near the Sakaria exit.

A devastating chain accident in the northwestern Turkish province of Sakarya resulted in a tragic toll this morning. According to reports from the Anatolian Agency, ten individuals lost their lives, while over 50 sustained injuries in the incident on the Northern Marmara highway toward Istanbul.

Several people were injured in an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5, which shook the southern Turkish province of Adana this morning, reported the state television "TRT-Haber".

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Flash floods which have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 27 people, the country's emergency management agency said on Aug. 13, in the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month.

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A 4.3 magnitude earthquake was registered this morning in Manisa, Western Turkey, Turkish private television station CNN-Turk reported.

According to data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, the quake was registered at 5.49 am local and Bulgarian time in the area of Kirkagach.

The earthquake was at a depth of seven kilometers below the earth's surface.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake was registered in the Black Sea near Istanbul, Turkish private television NTV reported.

According to data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, the quake struck at 2:56 this night, 18 km away from the Istanbul municipality of Arnavutköy.

The earthquake, which was about 7 km deep, was felt in many areas of the metropolis.

188 secondary earthquakes were recorded following the strong earthquake with 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale that occurred yesterday near Istanbul.

This was reported by Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, quoted by NTV.

An earthquake with a 3.9 Magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 6.08pm yesterday in the sea near the Marmaris resort in Mugla district (southwestern Turkey), Turkish television channel CENN-Turk reported, citing the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, quoted by BTA.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 on the Richter scale was recorded today in Bodrum, Mugla County, Western Turkey, Turkish NTV reported, citing the government's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate.

What is the pain of being without a home and without a country? How painful is it to be away from home?

 The answer is in a piece written by Hanzade Germiyanoğlu, whom I am directly quoting below:  

"It has been six and a half years since Sidra left Aleppo. She has walked kilometers, leaving the past behind and the future in a conundrum."