Hatay in a sentence

A big part of Hatay is destroyed.

A father and daughter, a toddler and a 10-year-old girl were among survivors pulled from the ruins of collapsed buildings in the southern Turkish province of Hatay on Sunday.

Al-Manar reporter in Turkey indicated that the relief works have continued, adding that six survivors have been rescued in Hatay and Kahramanmaraş.

Another Hatay resident called Deniz said: ‘They’re making noises, but nobody is coming.

Antakya is in Hatay, a province tucked between the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey’s border with Syria.

Antakya, which had a pre-earthquake population of around 200,000, lies in the province of Hatay in Turkey's southeast.

A seven-month-old baby named Hamza was also rescued on Sunday in Hatay.

At rallies in the provinces of Hatay, Kahramanmaras and Malatya, Mr. Erdogan said the legislation had “solved the problems” of more than 438,000 property owners.

A woman who identified herself as Ela was saved in Hatay province along with her children named Meysam and Ali Bağdet, the state news service Andalou Agency reported.

Before he visited Hatay on Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that his administration would start constructing roughly 200,000 new homes in the earthquake-devastated area as early as next month.

Before leaving Turkey, the WMA President is expected to visit Adana and Hatay cities, which were devastated by the earthquakes that occurred earlier in the year.

But more importantly, according to Hatay, a census would reveal certain realities on ground, such as the alarming number of people – mostly university students – working in the black economy.

Following the earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 in the Elbistan and Pazarcık districts of Kahramanmaraş on Feb. 6, a search and rescue team of 750 people from Azerbaijan arrived in Kahramanmaraş and Hatay.

HaberTurk journalists reporting from Hatay said they were jolted violently by Monday’s quake and held on to each other to avoid falling.

Hatay Mayor Lutfu Savas said the quake led to the collapse of several buildings.

However, Austrian soldiers and German rescue workers called off their searches for several hours in southern Hatay, citing a difficult security situation and clashes between local groups.

In his visit to the quake-hit city of Hatay in February, Greek Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos announced that the two states agreed to develop an agenda based on good neighborly relations.

Officials said rescue efforts in Hatay were initially complicated by the destruction of the local airport’s runway and bad road conditions.

The 1.5-meter-long and 1.5-tons statute, which is made of basalt stone and limestone, is on display at the Hatay Archaeology Museum.

The facility lies in south-central Turkey’s Hatay province – one of the regions most impacted by the earthquakes.