Two years on, survivors of Turkish earthquake still struggle with loss and hardship
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FILE - People visit graves in a cemetery where some of the victims of the earthquake in Feb. 2023 are buried in Antakya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)
Police stand guard as people gather to mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
People gather to mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
A man argues with policemen as people are blocked while gathering to mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
FILE - An excavator digs in the rubble of destroyed buildings in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
FILE - A container that was turned into a barber shop by its owner whose business was destroyed in the powerful earthquake in 2023, in Antakya, southern Turkey, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
FILE - A boy rides his bicycle among containers homes sheltering survivors of the powerful Feb. 6, 2023 earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
FILE - People toss carnations into the Orontes River as they mark the one-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in the city of Antakya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)
People gather to mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
People gather to mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
People toss carnations into the Orontes River as they mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
People gather to mark the two-year anniversary of the country's catastrophic earthquake, in Antakya, southern Turkey, early Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
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FILE - People visit graves in a cemetery where some of the victims of the earthquake in Feb. 2023 are buried in Antakya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)
