Turkey’s health minister, Fahrettin Koca, praised the efforts of rescue workers on Friday for finding a 14-year-old boy and two men from the rubble nearly 11 days after the huge earthquake.

On February 6, thousands of people took to the streets of Hatay in commemorative events and silent marches to express their anger at the state authorities, the failure to hold those responsible ...

Four-year-old Emir was at home with his family when two devastating earthquakes ... across Turkey. Her sister's remains were exhumed so that DNA samples could be compared with remains that had yet to ...

Emir's aunt Nursen Kisa arrived at the collapsed building in Antakya an hour after the earthquake and waited beside the debris for over two weeks while search and rescue operations continued.

I was head of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1999 to 2001. Before that, I lived and worked in East Africa ...

Negligence played a role in the deaths of 78 people who perished when a huge fire gutted a luxury ski resort hotel in northern Turkey this ... also complicated rescue efforts, she said.

The first recipients of the new Humanitarian Medal have been announced, recognising aid workers, rescuers and emergency ...

Anger has grown in Turkey -- which observed a day of mourning ... on the mountain top edge of a ski slope also complicated rescue efforts, she said. Firefighters were "unable to reach the back ...

When disaster strikes, seconds are the currency of survival. Whether it''s a medical emergency requiring urgent intervention or a natural disaster leaving chaos in its wake, the time it takes for help ...