eight days after earthquake V Turkeya man in his forties has begun tying balloons to the ruins of a depopulated city of 400,000, where the noise of bulldozers and clouds of dust dominate all forms of life.
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“Three children died here. They were one and a half, four and six years old,” says Ogun Sever Okur, a planner for the area devastated by the disaster. earthquake from Turkey. A father of two, he denies any “political” intentions and insists on the “sentimental” side of his act.
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A rose grower and photographer, he volunteered in the days following earthquakefirst in his hometown Adana before coming to antakya200 km to the south, one of the places most affected by the disaster.
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Small fragile globes contrast with the monochrome gray of the mountain of cobblestones of what was once a recent nine-story beige building in Turkey.
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Remains of three cars interspersed with the ruins of an earthquake in Turkeywhere mattresses, electrical appliances and even a 4-year-old anorak decorated with hearts come from.
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Items such as a lilac toy depicting Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse and a pink skateboard testify to those very short lives earthquake V Turkey. “Here I started and then in the building behind,” explains Ogun Sever Okur.
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more than 42,000 people died. Turkey because of earthquake On February 6, that figure rises to 46,000 when those who died in Syria, a neighboring country, are added.
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Authorities did not specify how many children were killed. Derya Yanik, Minister of Family Affairs Turkeyreported that 1314 out of 1858 children found alone after earthquake They were handed over to relatives.
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Since 2020, Ogun Sever Oku, together with his Brother Ogun Children’s Association, has been helping poor children from Turkey to whom he provides toys, food, sometimes artificial limbs or care.
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These balloons are for Ogun North Oku “the last toy he could give” to the young victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkey.
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Ogun Sever Okur believes he has already placed “a thousand red balloons on the remains of five or six buildings” Antakya (Turkey)as symbols of “joy and love”. But here, “for the first time, a balloon makes us cry,” he confirms.
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