Training center offers motivation to young earthquake survivors in southern Türkiye

STORY: Training center offers motivation to young earthquake survivors in southern Türkiye SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of earthquake victims living in a container city in Nurdagi district of Gaziantep in Türkiye 2. various of students preparing for the exam at an education center in Nurdagi district of Gaziantep province in Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SEMIH BIRSAT ORCAN, Student 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SEMIH BIRSAT ORCAN, Student 5. various of social entrepreneurship, empowerment and cohesion project promotional poster 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): EMINE KURULUR, Counselor at the center 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): SILA KUDAILGA, Student STORYLINE: Nineteen-year-old Semih Birsat Orcan had big dreams for the future. However, the massive earthquakes that struck the southern part of Türkiye on Feb. 6, 2023 has changed his life. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SEMIH BIRSAT ORCAN, Student "I was preparing for the

2 pilots die in helicopter crash in southeast Türkiye

STORY: 2 pilots die in helicopter crash in southeast Türkiye SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of search and rescue efforts (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of helicopter crash site early morning (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Two Turkish pilots were killed, and one technician injured in a helicopter crash in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Türkiye's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Sunday. The chopper, registered in the inventory of the General Directorate of Security Aviation Department, crashed in the Kartal village of the Nurdagi district, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X. The helicopter departed from the southern Hatay province and was last contacted at 10:49 p.m. local time late Saturday (1949 GMT), he said. Many gendarmerie, fire brigade and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. The injured technician was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Cu

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Video shows temporary housing in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Survivors of the Feb. 6 earthquakes that hit Turkey and neighboring Syria are seen in front of temporary tents in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing (bottom) in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 26, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 26, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Survivors of the Feb. 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and neighboring Syria are seen at temporary tents in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Survivors of the Feb. 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and neighboring Syria are seen at temporary tents in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 25, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.