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Across the region, many buildings suffered total colla pse. the floors stacking up, one on top of another. engineers call it pancaking. we have seen a lot of pancaking in the area. that actually really is a term that they use to describe very brittle and sudden failure of a reinforced concrete multi—storey or reinforced concrete building, and we have seen quite a lot of that. turkey is one of the world's most active earthquake zones. the last major quake hit in 1999 near the northwestern city of izmit, killing more than 17,000 people. archive: the damage to the | infrastructure of north-east...

Turkey has a strong seismic code and highly-qualified engineers, but a lack of independent inspection has made it easy for 'make or break' errors to be missed, say experts

The magnitude-7.8 earthquake near Gaziantep that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6, and the large aftershocks that followed, destroyed thousands of buildings and claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The magnitude-7.8 earthquake near Gaziantep that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6, and the large aftershocks that followed, destroyed thousands of buildings and claimed tens of thousands of lives.In response to criticism of the efforts to rescue buried survivors, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoan reportedly said that it was impossible to prepare for the scale of the disaster.

Ana, Elina are part of 7-member team from Central Asian nation trying to find survivors in southern Türkiye - Anadolu Agency