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At Duke, Zora was a fourth-year doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology and had been conducting research in Hatay Province, Turkey, when the Feb. 6 earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria.
The twin brother of a Halifax woman killed in Turkiye’s earthquake believes the Canadian embassy let his family down during a time of need.
Zora went missing in the Feb. 6 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her body was found Feb. 14.
Several Nova Scotians from Syria and Turkey have either lost friends and relatives to the devastating earthquakes, or are desperately trying to find shelter and refuge for their stranded loved ones.
Samar Zora had arrived in the ancient city, once known as Antioch, just a day before the earthquake