00:00 The tense face, a portrait of their child or their missing parents clasped in their arms,
00:04 the relatives of the victims gathered by thousands on Tuesday in the ruins of the worst earthquake in contemporary Turkey.
00:09 At 4.17, at the time of the first earthquake, which killed more than 53,500 people in the south and southeast of Turkey on February 6, 2023,
00:18 the families and friends of the missing people gathered in the center of Athe, the modern name of Antakya,
00:23 the ancient millennial Antioch devastated by 90%.
00:27 Collapsed, drowned in tears, or frozen in the pain of these 65 seconds that they have been reliving at Nozeam for a year,
00:33 they hugged each other in silence around improvised embers, a branch of laurel in hand, the symbolic flower of Antakya.
00:41 On the ground, the relatives arranged between the candles the photos of the dozens of inhabitants of the Rana residence,
00:46 collapsed like thousands of others in a few seconds under the violence of the shock.
00:50 "We all knew each other. I don't feel like it was a year ago, for me it was yesterday," said Eda Boz, 44,
00:59 forced to take refuge in the capital Ankara, and came back especially for commemorations.
01:04 "In this building lived my childhood friends, schoolmates. We all knew each other," she regretted the tears in her eyes as she swore to return to Athe.
01:13 A brief moment of tension also forced the families eager to gather in front of the residence
01:18 and the police forces who wanted to prevent them from accessing the site, before deciding to let them pass, the AFP noted.
01:25 At the same time, an identical gathering was taking place a little further north in the center of Karamanmara,
01:30 a city located about fifty kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake, 65 seconds that were worth an eternity,
01:36 to sum up in a message on the social network Xlafad, the Turkish rescue agency accused of having taken a long time to come to the help of the sinister,
01:42 and even of having sold tents that were intended for them.
01:46 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was expected on Tuesday in Karamanmara, a faithful supporter of his party, the AKP,
01:52 also posted on Tuesday morning a message on Wix at the time of the earthquake,
01:56 "Such disasters and such suffering are turning points where the strength of unity, solidarity and fraternity of the nations is put to the test.
02:03 We will continue our work until our cities are rebuilt and the last citizen whose house has been destroyed or made unusable
02:10 is brought to a home on Patil promised despite the distrust that has accompanied the government's action since the tragedy. "
02:16 In Antakya, Ezat Gül, a 19-year-old student, believes in war.
02:21 "A year has passed, the city is still in ruins," he says.
02:25 "I have no hope in the future anymore.
02:28 Many young people my age are trying to leave the country," he adds, throwing a rose into the river that runs through the city.
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