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On February 13, 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 occurred in many provinces of Turkey, including Hatay. An aerial view shows Derya Akdoğan (26), who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building after 177 hours. On Monday, February 6, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Kahramanmaraş, centered in Pazarcık district. It shook many provinces, including Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, Adıyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay and Kilis. On the same day, at 13.24, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş.
Award of Excellence
Enes Yıldırım
Anadolu Agency
Turkey
I was born on 9 April 1994 in Malatya. After completing my primary and secondary school education in Malatya, I came to Istanbul for my university education. I studied photography and camera at Plato University, where I won a 75% scholarship in a photography competition in Istanbul. Then I studied Advertising at Anadolu University. After working as a set photographer for a short period, I started my professional photojournalism life at Anadolu Agency in 2016 and I am still continuing.
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