Before and after photos show the catastrophic aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria today.
More than 1,700 people have so far died as a result of the earthquake that shook eastern Anatolia overnight, destroying old fortresses and fortified buildings.
Later came news of a second earthquake that struck 60 miles north of the first at 1:24 p.m. (10:24 GMT).
The tremors of the first earthquake were felt in nearby Lebanon and Cyprus, and even in southern Egypt.
At least 2,818 buildings collapsed as a result of Monday’s earthquake, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.
Photos show the impact on Gaziantep Castle, first built by the Hittite Empire in the second and third centuries, which came to Anatolia in the Bronze Age.
The castle was used as a Roman castle, Ottoman fortress and most recently as a museum for nearly two millennia before it was damaged and collapsed by this morning’s earthquake.
Blocks of flats housing hundreds of people were surrounded by rubble and leveled as search and rescue teams worked throughout the morning to free trapped residents.
The historic Yeni Mosque in the eastern city of Malatya, Turkey, which has been a human settlement for thousands of years (L) was covered in snow and damaged at its domes after the February 6, 2023 earthquake (R)
The Hittite Castle of Gaziantep, built in the 2nd century and used as a fortress by the Romans, Byzantines and Turkic peoples for nearly two millennia, stands (L) with extensive damage to its outer walls after today’s earthquake (R).
A multi-storey residential building in the Turkish city of Gaziantep is photographed in October 2022 (L) then leveled after today’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake (R).
The Latin church at Iskenderun, the historic village of Alexandretta, in Hatay, pictured (L) and badly damaged by the earthquake that struck the region overnight on February 6 (R).
High-rise residential buildings in the city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, in 2020 (L), then surrounded by rubble and clean-up workers, now with cars under the rubble (R)
Photos show residential buildings in the Cukurova district of Adana (L) in April 2021 and a search and rescue mission in the rubble of one of the buildings on February 6, 2022 (R)
The Ontur Hotel and residential buildings in İskenderun, taken on a sunny day in November last year (L), and when the central buildings except the hotel were destroyed after the earthquake (R)
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