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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

People spend time in temporary tents set up in a football ground in Kilis, southern Turkey, on March 1, 2023, following deadly earthquakes the previous month, with a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen in the background.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

People spend time in temporary tents set up in a football ground in Kilis, southern Turkey, on March 1, 2023, following deadly earthquakes the previous month, with a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen in the background.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

People wait in line to receive food supplied in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Feb. 27, 2023, following deadly earthquakes earlier in the month.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

A woman holds a baby inside a tent at a makeshift camp in Kilis, in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, on Feb. 27, 2023. More than 850,000 children are still displaced by the recent deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, UNICEF said.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Children carry meals back to their tent in Kilis, in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, on Feb. 27, 2023. More than 850,000 children are still displaced by the recent deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, UNICEF said.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo taken on Feb. 27, 2023, in Kilis, southern Turkey, shows tents set up for evacuees who lost their houses in an earthquake disaster earlier in the month.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo taken on Feb. 27, 2023, in Kilis, southern Turkey, shows tents set up for evacuees who lost their houses in an earthquake disaster earlier in the month.

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Powerful quakes jolt Türkiye

STORY: Powerful quakes jolt Türkiye DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG TENGFEI, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG TENGFEI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm Wang Tengfei reporting on a highway heading to Marash (Kahramanmaras), the center of the earthquake that happened early morning today on Monday. Türkiye's state-owned energy company BOTAS has suspended natural gas flow to several southern provinces. The airport in Hatay is damaged and flights are halted. Turkish energy minister said there were power outages in the provinces of Antep, Hatay and Kilis. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a total of 2,470 people have been rescued from the rubble. Aid poured out from Türkiye's major cities. Governor of Türkiye's largest city Istanbul said over 1,000 personnel and 30 tonnes of aid materials had been dispatched to the quake-hit region. According to Türkiye's meteorology agency, the air temperatures recorded minu

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Turkish border with Syria

Turkish border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - The Turkish border with Syria in Kilis, southern Turkey, is photographed on Sept. 26, 2014. In the center is a lookout post set up by the Turkish authorities.

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Turkish checkpoint on border with Syria

Turkish checkpoint on border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - People come and go through a checkpoint in Kilis, southern Turkey, along the border with Syria as seen in this photo taken on Sept. 26, 2014.

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Herd of sheep for trafficking in Turkish border area

Herd of sheep for trafficking in Turkish border area

KILIS, Turkey - A herd of sheep brought from Syria to a border area near the southern Turkish city of Kilis for trafficking is pictured on Sept. 7, 2014.

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Syrians keep fleeing from home country into Turkey

Syrians keep fleeing from home country into Turkey

KILIS, Turkey - Syrians continue to walk on Sept. 10, 2014, seeking to illegally cross the border into an area near the southern Turkey city of Kilis from Syria before U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants in their country.

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Group of Syrians rests after illegally entering Turkey

Group of Syrians rests after illegally entering Turkey

KILIS, Turkey - A group of Syrians rests on Sept. 10, 2014, after illegally crossing the border into an area near the southern Turkey city of Kilis from Syria before U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants. More than three million Syrians are estimated to have fled their country.

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Syrian refugees on Turkish border

Syrian refugees on Turkish border

KILIS, Turkey - Syrian refugees take a rest in a field in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Sept. 10, 2014, after crossing the border. A border checkpoint in Kilis was jammed with refugees due to the continuing civil war in Syria.

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Turkish border with Syria

Turkish border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Smoke rises near a Turkish military tank at the border with Syria near Kilis in southern Turkey on Aug. 22, 2014.

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Turkish border with Syria

Turkish border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Overlooking the border with Syria from the suburbs of Kilis in southern Turkey on Aug. 22, 2014, a guide points in the direction of Al-Bab in northern Syria some 30 kilometers away, where a Japanese man was reportedly being held by Islamic State militants.

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Long queue of trucks at Turkey checkpoint bordering Syria

Long queue of trucks at Turkey checkpoint bordering Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Many trucks carrying chiefly construction materials wait in a long queue to pass through a border crossing in southern Turkey bordering Syria on Aug. 19, 2014, three days after the abduction of a Japanese by Islamic State militants was announced.

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Site of border crossing near Syria shown

Site of border crossing near Syria shown

KILIS, Turkey - The Oncupinar border crossing in southern Turkey, through which Japanese businessman Haruna Yukawa allegedly captured by Islamic State militants is believed to have entered Syria, is shown in this photo taken on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - Aid worker Maiko Sato sorts cardboard boxes containing clothing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan's northeast were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 disaster that ravaged Japan's northeast put boxes of clothing into a truck in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. The survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 disaster that ravaged Japan's northeast put boxes of clothing into a truck in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. The survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Syria's displaced children

Syria's displaced children

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo taken Aug. 18, 2013, shows children who have no choice but to sleep outdoors in Kilis in southern Turkey near the border with Syria, where families have taken refuge after fleeing their homes amid the Syrian civil war.

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Refugee camp in Kilis

Refugee camp in Kilis

KILIS, Turkey - Photo taken Jan. 5, 2013, shows a refugee camp for Syrians, located in Kilis in southern Turkey near the border with Syria.

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Civil war in Syria

Civil war in Syria

KILIS, Turkey - A family of Syrian refugees in Kilis, a border area in southern Turkey, grieve on Sept. 16, 2012, over the death of a rebel soldier after his body was sent back from civil war-stricken Syria. The dead man's wife (back) is shown holding their baby.

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Civil war in Syria

Civil war in Syria

KILIS, Turkey - A family of Syrian refugees in Kilis, a border area in southern Turkey, grieve on Sept. 16, 2012, over the death of a rebel soldier after his body was sent back from civil war-stricken Syria.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato, the common-law husband of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was slain on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country, speaks at a hotel in Istanbul on Aug. 23, 2012. Relatives of Yamamoto saw her body earlier on Aug. 23 in Istanbul, after it was airlifted from Kilis in southern Turkey near the border with Syria.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato talks to his dead partner Mika Yamamoto after a casket containing her body arrives at an airport in southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato (front R) carries a casket containing the body of his partner Mika Yamamoto from a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body arrives in Kilis

Slain Japanese reporter's body arrives in Kilis

KILIS, Turkey - Photo shows the covered body of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, as it arrives at a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 22, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Turkey border with Syria

Turkey border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Photo shows a border checkpoint in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 21, 2012. A flow of Syrian refugees continues at the crossing.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

KILIS, Turkey - Freelance Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 21, 2012. Sato, 56, who worked with another freelance Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, reported her death in Syria the previous day to Japan's Foreign Ministry. At front is Yamamoto's bulletproof vest.

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Syrian refugees in Turkey in dire poverty

Syrian refugees in Turkey in dire poverty

Photo taken in Kilis, Turkey, on May 21, 2016, shows a family of Syrian refugees who tried to reach Greece in the summer of 2015 but failed as the boat they were on capsized. The family is indebted following the failed attempt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men offer support for illegal entry into Syria on Turkish border

Men offer support for illegal entry into Syria on Turkish border

A Turkey-Syria border checkpoint in the southern Turkish city of Kilis is swarming with people on Jan. 24, 2015. A number of men offer support for illegal entry into Syria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Syrian refugees in southern Turkey

Syrian refugees in southern Turkey

Syrian refugees stand in front of a refugee camp in Kilis, southern Turkey, bordering with Syria on Jan. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kilis checkpoint in southern Turkey

Kilis checkpoint in southern Turkey

The Kilis checkpoint in southern Turkey bordering with Syria is seen on Jan. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aid supply trucks at Turkey-Syria checkpoint

Aid supply trucks at Turkey-Syria checkpoint

Trucks loaded with aid supplies wait in line to pass southern Turkey's Kilis checkpoint bordering with Syria on Jan. 21, 2015. Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto used the crossing to get into Syria before he was captured by Islamic State militants. Another Japanese Haruna Yukawa is also being held hostage by the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Herd of sheep for trafficking in Turkish border area

Herd of sheep for trafficking in Turkish border area

KILIS, Turkey - A herd of sheep brought from Syria to a border area near the southern Turkish city of Kilis for trafficking is pictured on Sept. 7, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Group of Syrians rests after illegally entering Turkey

Group of Syrians rests after illegally entering Turkey

KILIS, Turkey - A group of Syrians rests on Sept. 10, 2014, after illegally crossing the border into an area near the southern Turkey city of Kilis from Syria before U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants. More than three million Syrians are estimated to have fled their country. (Kyodo)

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Syrian refugees on Turkish border

Syrian refugees on Turkish border

KILIS, Turkey - Syrian refugees take a rest in a field in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Sept. 10, 2014, after crossing the border. A border checkpoint in Kilis was jammed with refugees due to the continuing civil war in Syria. (Kyodo)

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Turkish border with Syria

Turkish border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Smoke rises near a Turkish military tank at the border with Syria near Kilis in southern Turkey on Aug. 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Site of border crossing near Syria shown

Site of border crossing near Syria shown

KILIS, Turkey - The Oncupinar border crossing in southern Turkey, through which Japanese businessman Haruna Yukawa allegedly captured by Islamic State militants is believed to have entered Syria, is shown in this photo taken on Aug. 19, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Syria civil war

Syria civil war

Photo taken on Jan. 25, 2018 in Kilis, Turkey, shows a mosque destroyed by a shell from the Syrian side. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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