The terrible earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on 6 February has already claimed more than 35,000 lives and among them are the actress Emel Atici and her daughter. Through a publication on social networks, the account of the series ‘Bitter Land’ announced the death of the actress with the following message: “We express our condolences to the families and loved ones of Emel Aici, the beloved actress of our TV series, and her beloved daughter, and to all our citizens who lost their lives in the earthquake…”
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Their lifeless bodies were found in the rubble of the building in Adana where Emel Atici and his daughter Püryan Atici lived. In ‘Bitter Land’, a soap opera broadcast in Turkey between 2018 and 2022 and which in Spain is currently visible from Monday to Friday on Antena 3, Aici played one of Sermin’s best friends (Sibel Tascioglu). In addition to television, her acting career has mainly developed in the theatre. Adana, the city where they lived, is very close to the epicenter of the earthquake, in the southeast of the country.
Some co-stars from the series have also shared their condolences on the networks. Hilal Altinbilek wrote in the publication: “I’m very, very sorry… Everyone, everything. I’m sorry for your loss”; and Sibel Tascioglu: “Our dear friend Emel Aici, may Allah have mercy. May you rest in heaven”.
Bad weather makes rescue difficult
The earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria occurred on February 6 with a magnitude of Mw 7.8. It has been the deadliest since 1939 and the second strongest in Turkey since at least 1668. It has caused structural damage as far away as Israel, Lebanon and Cyprus. According to records, the quake had more than 1,000 aftershocks, one of them nine hours after the original Mw 7.7 quake. Cold temperatures and a winter storm make rescue missions difficult and leaving many people stranded in the ruins under a layer of snow and in danger of hypothermia. At this point the chances of finding anyone alive are slim, but international teams continue to work and, according to El País, a group of Spanish and Turkish firefighters managed to pull a woman who had remained underwater alive from a building for 140 hours the rubble and also a four-year-old girl trapped for 178 hours.
Source: E Cartelera
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