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On a sunny afternoon in Kahramanmaras, a man meticulously picks through the rubble of his business, leveled by the earthquake. He’s salvaging metal, pipes, anything he can. “The economy will come back,” he says. “And I will rebuild. I’ll be here.”

Zehra Karaoglu can’t stop replaying the day when she learned of the Feb. 6 earthquakes in Turkey, which claimed the lives of five family members in Kahramanmaras.

Interviews with nearly 30 residents in Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman and Gaziantep – provinces where white tents dot the landscape of buckling or collapsed buildings – suggest political loyalties are shifting.

@HamdanMohammed  meets with members of the search and rescue team of Dubai Police and the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services who took part in the ‘Gallant Knight 2’ operation in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaraş.

@HamdanMohammed  meets with members of the search and rescue team of Dubai Police and the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services who took part in the ‘Gallant Knight 2’ operation in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaraş.

From the rubble of the earthquake zone, volunteers have been rescuing animals of all kinds. Cows, kittens, even pigeons. This nice little video is from a shelter in Kahramanmaras. 🥹

Turkish Ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar was among the people who attended the ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport to welcome the return of the SAR team sent to #Turkiye  by the IDF on the first day of the #earthquake  in Kahramanmaras. @greerfc1 :

Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency: search and rescue operations ended in most provinces except Kahramanmaraş and Hatay provinces nearly two weeks after this month’s devastating earthquakes in #Turkiye  and #Syria ; death toll rose to 40,642

Many Syrians in the ravaged Turkish city of Kahramanmaras have already lived through years of aerial bombardment and untold loss. But even for them, the scale of the destruction after the Feb. 6 earthquakes is impossible to process.

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#Turkey - Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras. 📷 @AdemAltan3  #AFP 

The IDF medical staff of the "Olive Branches" humanitarian aid delegation began providing medical care at a local hospital in the city of Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. The hospital was restored by Israeli forces after being abandoned during the earthquake. 1/2

These images compare Kahramanmaras, Turkey before and after the earthquakes. You can see the 12 Subat Stadium filled w/ tents to support #disasterresponse . Our #satelliteimagery  of the #TurkeyEarthquake  is free and available to response teams. 📸 (2): SkySat • 2/9/23

I met the leader of a Turkish search-and-rescue team in Kahramanmaraş, #T ürkiye. He told me that people were still being rescued from the rubble - a true miracle. The bravery and commitment of all the first responders on the ground is truly remarkable.

VIDEO: Dog found alive in rubble after earthquake. As the clean-up operation continues, rescuers comfort a dog found still alive after having been trapped under the rubble in Kahramanmaras, a week after the earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria

Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras. Devastating photoby @AFP 's @AdemAltan3 

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[Trigger warning: death, graphic content] FATHER HOLDS HAND OF LIFELESS DAUGHTER LOOK: Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the country on Monday. 📷: Adem Altan/AFP

"We dug up this corpse with our fingernails. Let the state hear this, wherever it is. No help at all." In the quake-stricken Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, locals told Euronews' correspondent @dlkgul  that the government has abandoned them to their fate.

LOOK: A man holds the body of his daughter who died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, after her body was retrieved from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey. (📸: EPA-EFE/NECATI SAVAS) READ:

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The death toll in Turkey has risen to over 7,800 deaths in the aftermath of yesterday's terrible 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Take a look at the remains of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey:

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