٠٠:٠٣:٣٠Residents of earthquake-hit Malatya commented on Friday about the daily living conditions in the city during Ramadan.
"The situation is very bad in Ramadan. We are looking forward to Ramadan in our hometown. What do we do? We got up to Sahura, we will begin our iftar sometime soon but we are experiencing a bittersweet Ramadan. I hope this city can handle this situation," said local resident Alaattin Huzur.
Footage showed many destroyed houses and facades with rubble around them, with some workers loading debris into trucks with excavators. Residents and workers commented on the situation.
"As long as people live in tents, there will be a lot of trouble in Ramadan at Sahur and Iftar. Why, because there are no more restaurants in Malatya. There is nothing good to eat for Sahur," said tea seller Mustafa Yagci.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye in Turkey, as well as many areas of Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.
Turkey: 'A bittersweet Ramadan' - Residents of earthquake-hit Malatya as holy month begins
Residents of earthquake-hit Malatya commented on Friday about the daily living conditions in the city during Ramadan.
"The situation is very bad in Ramadan. We are looking forward to Ramadan in our hometown. What do we do? We got up to Sahura, we will begin our iftar sometime soon but we are experiencing a bittersweet Ramadan. I hope this city can handle this situation," said local resident Alaattin Huzur.
Footage showed many destroyed houses and facades with rubble around them, with some workers loading debris into trucks with excavators. Residents and workers commented on the situation.
"As long as people live in tents, there will be a lot of trouble in Ramadan at Sahur and Iftar. Why, because there are no more restaurants in Malatya. There is nothing good to eat for Sahur," said tea seller Mustafa Yagci.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye in Turkey, as well as many areas of Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.
Residents of earthquake-hit Malatya commented on Friday about the daily living conditions in the city during Ramadan.
"The situation is very bad in Ramadan. We are looking forward to Ramadan in our hometown. What do we do? We got up to Sahura, we will begin our iftar sometime soon but we are experiencing a bittersweet Ramadan. I hope this city can handle this situation," said local resident Alaattin Huzur.
Footage showed many destroyed houses and facades with rubble around them, with some workers loading debris into trucks with excavators. Residents and workers commented on the situation.
"As long as people live in tents, there will be a lot of trouble in Ramadan at Sahur and Iftar. Why, because there are no more restaurants in Malatya. There is nothing good to eat for Sahur," said tea seller Mustafa Yagci.
On February 6, two powerful earthquakes rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye in Turkey, as well as many areas of Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.