Games and plays help Turkish children cope with post-quake stress

STORY: Games and plays help Turkish children cope with post-quake stress DATELINE: March 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:57 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of children playing games in an earthquake victims relief center in the capital city of Ankara's Mamak district 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HANDE ATMACA, Counseling psychologist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BURAK HATIPOGLU, Volunteer STORYLINE: Play-houses, dress-ups and other children's games are being used as an effective way by Turkish therapists to help child quake survivors cope with post-traumatic stress. The deadly earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye in early February have killed over 48,000 and turned many cities in ruins, leaving huge mental health impacts on survivors of all ages, but children are the most vulnerable. With the help of games, films, and dramas, children are distracted from the devastation that they have witnessed in their native towns. In a relief center and residential complex in the Mamak district of Ankara whic

Hundreds of thousands displaced eager to build new life after Türkiye earthquakes

STORY: Hundreds of thousands displaced eager to build new life after Türkiye earthquakes DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:20:20 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): ORCUN KABATAS, Teenager from Hatay province 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): FURKAN KURT, Student from Adiyaman province 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): BAYRAM SAHINOZ, Car wash worker from Kahramanmaras province 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): KAMIL YILDIRIM, Head of the Mamak Araplar relief center STORYLINE: More than a week after two massive earthquakes leveled a swathe of Türkiye's southeastern region, hundreds of thousands of people have left the quake-hit zone in search of a new life in other cities. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): ORCUN KABATAS, Teenager from Hatay province "After the earthquake, we came here (in Ankara). We were allocated a flat. We have lost several distant relatives in the earthquakes. To return and live there seems very difficult as there is extensive damage. From now on, I would like to continue my life her