Turkey one year after the earthquake | DW Documentary

Turkey was hit by a major earthquake a year ago, hundreds of thousands were made homeless. The reconstruction process is sluggish.
Ruined cities - and disappointed hopes. A year after devastating earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, hundreds of thousands of people in the region are still holding out in temporary shelters. President Erdoğan had promised rapid reconstruction, but this is still a long time coming.
Engin Aşkar: "We are hoping to resurrect this place, but sometimes I think we're just fooling ourselves."
Many earthquake survivors are haunted by trauma and fears, especially children. They long for a little comfort and normality - as they struggle to rebuild their lives.
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  • @iamjesper
    @iamjesper2 ай бұрын

    I am very sorry for you Turkey. Hope you can rebuild your cities. Best wishes from Sweden

  • @abdulhadisalk8435

    @abdulhadisalk8435

    2 ай бұрын

    As a Turk thank you bro.

  • @EminErtacPehlivan

    @EminErtacPehlivan

    Ай бұрын

  • @florym6503
    @florym65032 ай бұрын

    They are all smiling...yet you see the sorrow on their faces. All they have is hope..

  • @danimkn579
    @danimkn579Ай бұрын

    As victim of Earthquake 2005 Pakistan, I can relate to turks. Stay strong 💪 life is beautiful.

  • @emilienanglada5136
    @emilienanglada5136Ай бұрын

    Sending lots of love to all the courageous people of turkey ❤

  • @nesseihtgnay9419
    @nesseihtgnay94192 ай бұрын

    And turkey president barely did anything and people still voted for him.

  • @theottomanempirewillriseag7265

    @theottomanempirewillriseag7265

    2 ай бұрын

    It wasn’t Turkey’s president who allowed the construction of these old, weak buildings during the 80’s etc. It also wasn’t the Turkish government who made black propaganda against the urban renewal projects which would have helped prevent these disasters from happening. Do your research better first. Its embarrassing.

  • @Ukie88

    @Ukie88

    2 ай бұрын

    Go figure? Don’t blame the past decisions, blame weak follow-up regulations and assessments .

  • @parmykumar8592

    @parmykumar8592

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@theottomanempirewillriseag7265 do you think it was corruption & weak cement or something like that was a factor too like in many other countries where they buy cheap cement which isn't good quality?

  • @aliatack19

    @aliatack19

    2 ай бұрын

    @@theottomanempirewillriseag7265 You can't escape reality by twisting it. I don't know if you are Turkish but I know that the ruling party is responsible for the disaster. Not a single person felt guilty or responsible for the destruction and no one resigned from their position. This is a moral bankruptcy. No person from the government has been held accountable. Greed for money killed our people, not the earthquake. The government built so many buildings and they are proud of them but the opposition rejected or made black propaganda against the renewal of the old buildings? Don't make me laugh. Even so, they had the power and authority to make it happen. The opposition stood against so many projects but the government realized them anyway. So, the problem was not and could not have been the opposition. So many experts warned the local administrations but they didn't care. All they cared about was the profit their relatives or friends gained from the projects. And you know, not all the destroyed buildings are old buildings. There are hundreds of newly built apartments that collapsed during the earthquake. What's embarrassing is that despite all the things that happened, you and the people like you still try hard to protect the government and justify what they did and what they do.

  • @spencer871

    @spencer871

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@theottomanempirewillriseag7265your un and pfp are embarrassing and they may have meant basically anything a government can do to recover from a disaster but sure, let's time travel back to the 80s and pretend he couldn't have done more.

  • @heraldosanchez-yv1fp
    @heraldosanchez-yv1fp2 ай бұрын

    a little early in the century to make that designation

  • @saminjoon3409
    @saminjoon34092 ай бұрын

    Turkey has managed the earthquake much better than Iran regime. In Iran the victims don't even get a temporary shelter and nobody makes report about them. But the people themselves help the victims voluntarily. Which is sometimes very impressive and heart touching. I wish these people get their real home soon back. Amin.

  • @rehabalsaleh166
    @rehabalsaleh1662 ай бұрын

    It's heartbreaking to see this. I'm Syrian and I can relate to what they have gone through and are still going through. To get displaced, to get traumatized, to worry about the future on a daily basis, ... I understand all of that. But Turkish people are strong and I tend to believe that everything will get better very soon inshallah. May Allah make it easy for all Muslimes around the world wherever they are.

  • @Truthseeker371
    @Truthseeker3712 ай бұрын

    Earthquakes happen not only in Turkey. So long as the country is located on the seismological faulty line, it cannot be spared. They need to be prepared with evacuation plan and essentials for the future earthquakes.

  • @purpleldv966

    @purpleldv966

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah, but you need an administration that gives a hoot about it! Not radical-islamist Erdogan!

  • @_Meng_Lan

    @_Meng_Lan

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@purpleldv966 all governments are like this. Its power n greed not religion

  • @minglee9288

    @minglee9288

    14 күн бұрын

    in east asia there are similar seismic activities if not more except in turkey there is at least a 10x casuality rate

  • @sina3644
    @sina36442 ай бұрын

    The government of Turkiye has done a great job to provide these amenities to affected people. Look at its neighbor country Iran, a few months before this event there was a smaller earthquack in northwestern Iran and still the government has not rebuild those houses, and people are living in tents for several months!

  • @abdulhadisalk8435
    @abdulhadisalk84352 ай бұрын

    As a Turk, I would like to thank all of you for your good wishes. But I must point out that these are not God's fault, but the fault of the government and President Erdogan. Trust me, i went to the region on the 2nd day of the earthquake and I witnessed the whole situation with my own eyes.

  • @abdulhadisalk8435

    @abdulhadisalk8435

    2 ай бұрын

    sorry for my English

  • @azizsipahi8332

    @azizsipahi8332

    2 ай бұрын

    Saçmalamışsın? Depremin büyüklüğünü hesaba bile katmıyorsun.

  • @vickyvey1657

    @vickyvey1657

    2 ай бұрын

    Not only that, Erdogan was more worried about suppressing the media and the raging people. He was more worried about anything that could tarnish his reputation and took extensive time revolving around himself...

  • @abdulhadisalk8435

    @abdulhadisalk8435

    Ай бұрын

    @@azizsipahi8332 bizim ulastigimiz bolgelere devletin ulasamamasi depremin buyukluguyle degil bizi yonetenlerle alakali ama muhtemelen anlamayacaksiniz.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid35872 ай бұрын

    Another wonderful journal coverage documentary about last year earthquake in turkey 🇹🇷 and citizens struggling for returning theirs past shelters and government boldness promised. Thank you 🙏 ( DW) documentary channel for sharing this truthful disclosure documentary about that matter in turkey 🇹🇷

  • @DWDocumentary

    @DWDocumentary

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

  • @user-4m9-dr80h4

    @user-4m9-dr80h4

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DWDocumentary4:40 At least thousands can live in containment blocks and temporary homes. Officials in Hawaii should have likewise quickly set up similar shelters for Lahaina residents, so everyone can begin rebuilding their lives, homes, and the economy, instead of just expending their energies on damage control, passing on the buck . . . and returning to business as usual.

  • @spencer871

    @spencer871

    2 ай бұрын

    @@user-4m9-dr80h4~60,000 people died in Turkey with over 100,000 wounded; kinda insane to compare the two.

  • @hamimgaming9428
    @hamimgaming94282 ай бұрын

    Please give subtitle

  • @anamulhasan8416
    @anamulhasan84162 ай бұрын

    Almighty bless every one.

  • @tabithan2978
    @tabithan2978Ай бұрын

    I wish I could adopt one of these little orphans. Hope they are being loved in new families. 🙏🏼

  • @jithutjohnny4013
    @jithutjohnny40132 ай бұрын

    Would love to have English subtitles.

  • @renaldisrael1158
    @renaldisrael11582 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @tabithan2978
    @tabithan2978Ай бұрын

    Compare this earthquake, where 53k died, with Taiwan’s recent quake, where 9 people died. Shoddy construction indeed.

  • @SonoraOndaLatinaOficial
    @SonoraOndaLatinaOficial2 ай бұрын

    Why did you remove the video about Ecuador?

  • @arbaz79

    @arbaz79

    Ай бұрын

    The video is still there but it got banned in Ecuador.

  • @user-yr6mg5jv1g
    @user-yr6mg5jv1gАй бұрын

    I like how Turkey has projected how resilience they are and the aftermath of the floods they still built the temporary houses for civilians. I if I had one of those houses for me it would be a castle living in shacks here in Tembisa

  • @parmykumar8592
    @parmykumar85922 ай бұрын

    Who would wanna return knowingly, It's a risk of being hit again with earthquake if you have kids? God help them!

  • @shahidanusrat6086
    @shahidanusrat60862 ай бұрын

    So sad 😢😭😢 and sorry 😔😢😔 my condolences from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇹🇷🤩😍. May Allah SWT bless Turkey and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇹🇷🤩😍🤩. Best regards from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇹🇷🤩😍.

  • @alanrivas2950
    @alanrivas2950Ай бұрын

    The father is a good man

  • @mavisformula
    @mavisformulaАй бұрын

    Brilliant documentary, my fear is that the pressure to rehouse the people quickly and the economic hardships will make shoddy building practises too tempting to avoid, and hence a repeat is likely.

  • @DWDocumentary

    @DWDocumentary

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

  • @NextGenAge
    @NextGenAgeАй бұрын

    How could the government allow such bad building conditions to happen? My heart goes out to the people who passed away and who struggle.

  • @blancadejesus9464
    @blancadejesus94642 ай бұрын

    God bless you 😊😢

  • @mistere287
    @mistere287Ай бұрын

    What about syria?

  • @SylviadRohy0037
    @SylviadRohy00372 ай бұрын

    We have to get ready n not waiting for the Govt

  • @strifeleonhart4424
    @strifeleonhart4424Ай бұрын

    It's is so weird to see how some act. While because of their action God has send them a warning but some still stay on their old ways.

  • @gregleavitt1255
    @gregleavitt12552 ай бұрын

    Fate is an amazing thing, good and bad. They have no choice but to be happy they're alive and hope and wait and work for the future and try to be strong.

  • @gregleavitt1255

    @gregleavitt1255

    2 ай бұрын

    ❤‍🩹

  • @waitwhat4566
    @waitwhat45662 ай бұрын

    No mention of any international aid groups. What was the response from outside Turkey?

  • @TheStockwell

    @TheStockwell

    2 ай бұрын

    This is a 12-minute video, not a comprehensive two hour documentary. 😐

  • @spencer871

    @spencer871

    2 ай бұрын

    You could have just put that into google and learned: big, lots of help. Do that.

  • @firecracker.

    @firecracker.

    Ай бұрын

    So many countries rushed to help which was amazing but due to the bureaucracy, lack of leadership, no guidance, and no clear direction, assigning specific areas and tasks to the international rescue teams was a huge chaos. The military who had the bandwidth to help was kept away from helping which was a big mistake. The weather didn’t help either. False, baseless, unrealistic promises were made immediately after the earthquakes since the election was coming up. It is very disheartening to see so many are still living in the tents. I agree with the comments that it will indeed take at least 10 years to rebuild. And that's probably an optimistic, wishful thinking.

  • @tqtr123
    @tqtr1232 ай бұрын

    Commenting "What about Gaza????" before anyone else does.

  • @j-easyeducation8816
    @j-easyeducation88162 ай бұрын

    Anybody is in here turkey's resident? Please reply 😊..

  • @Jackson-qd4pn

    @Jackson-qd4pn

    2 ай бұрын

    yeah i am here

  • @s_dharni2483

    @s_dharni2483

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Jackson-qd4pnhello, hows about the new buildings which are raised by government, are they earthquake proof ? I wish this provide normal life to these affected people back again. Thanks

  • @user-zr6pw7vh9u
    @user-zr6pw7vh9u2 ай бұрын

    😶

  • @MUHAMMADALI-xr6vk
    @MUHAMMADALI-xr6vk4 күн бұрын

    Only fans are welcome when Your KING is alive

  • @shamimreza8929
    @shamimreza8929Ай бұрын

    Inflation and inflation

  • @nihatdonmzov4166
    @nihatdonmzov41662 ай бұрын

    🇦🇿💔🇹🇷

  • @clivebaxter6354
    @clivebaxter6354Ай бұрын

    Allah knows best!

  • @agbagb6201
    @agbagb6201Ай бұрын

    President doing everything for you and others... Say just 'şükür'... He will do what promised, as he did before and nowadays... Only you should to waiting...

  • @abdifitahali3380
    @abdifitahali33802 ай бұрын

    Dont lie about muslim world

  • @user-jz4tr5df4v
    @user-jz4tr5df4v2 ай бұрын

    There is no Allah.

  • @paulm283
    @paulm2832 ай бұрын

    Turkey will receive further judgment according to the just ruling of the Most High God.

  • @Lizablue0608

    @Lizablue0608

    2 ай бұрын

    That’s not how this works..

  • @paulm283

    @paulm283

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Lizablue0608 yes it is how it works

  • @reb2322

    @reb2322

    2 ай бұрын

    And what is this JUST ruling you speak of? Do you think WE are exempt from God's judgement and they AREN'T?

  • @M_O_P.Limited

    @M_O_P.Limited

    2 ай бұрын

    You are right. They are not good people.

  • @spencer871

    @spencer871

    2 ай бұрын

    @@reb2322He does, but he is very dim.

  • @hasankilic9825
    @hasankilic98252 ай бұрын

    I am politically at opposition to Erdogan. But, there are unfortunate facts here. 390.000 apartments need to be built. Frankly speaking, there is no such a huge project in the world that needs to be completed in such few years. It is almost an impossible task. No one in the world can manage to do that within such a short period but the Turks.

  • @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948
    @israel_started_it_ALL_in_19482 ай бұрын

    get real..... talk about the real problem

  • @euphemius_X

    @euphemius_X

    2 ай бұрын

    there is no palestine 😂