Türkiye'deki Depremde Ölenlerin Sayısı 41'e Düştü — Number of Victims in Turkey Quake Reduced to 41

Number of Victims in Turkey Quake Reduced to 41

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

As the names of some quake deprem victims kurban were written twice on lists after the quake hit vurmak Elazığ on Monday, the number of deaths was reported to be 41 although initially başlangıçta stated as 51.

Meanwhile bu arada, quake survivors still struggle to normalize with the help of state authorities and civilian sivil organizations, as three days passed after the disaster felaket.

The number of deaths from the Elazığ earthquake is actually 41, not 51, according to Selçuk Aslan, the local yerli governor yönetici of the Kovancılar district bölge where villages were hit the hardest.

The mistake in the number of deaths resulted from the writing of some victims' names twice iki kere on the list, as some women were married under a religious wedlock evlilik bağı, causing them to be written on the lists with both their maiden kızlık names and husband's surnames, private news channel NTV reported. Some other victims, whose publicly herkesçe, genel olarak known names were different from the names on their IDs kimlik kartı, were also written twice on the lists.

Meanwhile, as time passed after Monday's quake, which hit six villages köy in the eastern province bölge of Elazığ, survivors try to resurrect canlandırmak their lives. The story of one young quake survivor came forward among others, as he was the only one who survived from debris enkaz where his mother and small brother died. Keko Çiçek, who is eight years old, was rescued from debris by his aunt, the daily Milliyet reported. He was slightly belli belirsiz injured, but at first he could not be told his mother and brother died. He learned about their deaths on Wednesday and immediately hemen ran back to the debris to look for his mother although days had passed and she was already buried. Keko's father, who works abroad gurbette, was on his way to pick up toplamak his son.

Another heart-breaking üzücü story was about a baby, named Helen Yüksel, who was only 15 days old. She was sleeping with her mother and grandmother in the same bed, Doğan news agency reported. When the shake sarsıntı started, the two women closed down on the baby to protect her, which they succeeded in doing. The baby survived with no injuries, but the two women died. Burhanettin Yüksel, the father of the baby, who lost his father, mother and wife, said Helen's aunt would take care of her for now. "We were in two separate houses connected by a garden [when the quake happened]. We were 12 people. Women were staying in one house while men were in the other. A big noise was heard during the morning, and I remained under the debris. I was rescued 30 minutes later,' he said.

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