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Devastating earthquake splits Turkish village in half

The rupture created by the fault in the earthquake in Gökçedere village of Gaziantep's Nurdağı province caused fissures. The crevices caused by the meter-long fault rupture were viewed from the air.

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Devastating earthquake splits Turkish village in half

While the villagers were evacuating their houses, it was seen that they tried to repair the damage in the cemetery with their own means.

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Devastating earthquake splits Turkish village in half

"The rifts formed on the morning of the earthquake. When the earthquake began, we thought that the apocalypse would break out. We tried to escape with the children. On the one hand, it was raining, we were trying to understand what had happened. When we realized that there was an earthquake, we tried to go out. We tried to get people out from the rubble." Nuri Cihan said.

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Devastating earthquake splits Turkish village in half

''Everyone brought some of their tractors and some of their buckets with their own means. The road had collapsed and the traffic here was opened." Nuri Cihan added.

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Devastating earthquake splits Turkish village in half

''We also tried to fix the graves as best we could. The crevices were a little more open due to the rain, but over time, aftershocks began to close them.'' he said.