Earthquake Turkey July 2024. One year after the earthquake killed over 53,500 people, turkey's southern provinces are still extremely damaged by the disaster and face an opaque reconstruction process. At 4:17am, when most people were asleep in their homes, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southeastern turkey, near its border with northern syria.

A year after a devastating earthquake struck turkey and syria, many people remain without permanent homes. Some are still searching for missing loved ones.