Turkey earthquake victims find temporary home in a cruise ship - in pictures

It is hosting 1,251 people, including 210 children

Earthquake victims on the cruise ship Gemini which was allocated to earthquake victims following a powerful earthquake in Iskenderun port in Hatay Turkey, 01 March 2023. The ship is hosting 1,251 people including 210 children, 2 nurses and 4 doctors and one ambulance. More than 50,000 people died and thousands more were injured after major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February and again on 20 February. EPA / SEDAT SUNA

Earthquake victims on the cruise ship Gemini which was allocated to earthquake victims following a powerful earthquake in Iskenderun port in Hatay Turkey, 01 March 2023. The ship is hosting 1,251 people including 210 children, 2 nurses and 4 doctors and one ambulance. More than 50,000 people died and thousands more were injured after major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February and again on 20 February. EPA / SEDAT SUNA

Mar 02, 2023

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