Eleven days after the devastating quake, Istanbul municipality volunteers in Hatay organized a birthday surprise for Berfin and celebrated it with other young quake survivors, who were also given sweets and toys.
Surrounded by children and earthquake volunteers, the Turkish girl named Berfin was surprised with a cake and candles on Friday (February 17) to celebrate her fifth birthday.
Hatay, in the southeastern Turkey, is one of the provinces that faced the biggest destruction from the February 6 earthquake.
Many children were left homeless by the massive tremor and they have been learning to cope with what happened and with their ongoing anxiety.
Doctors have said they were treating increasing numbers of patients suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks after the quake.
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According to a report, Taha Erdem and his family were accelerated dormant erstwhile a 7.8 magnitude quake deed their hometown of Adiyaman successful nan early hours of Feb. 6. Taha was abruptly woken by convulsive tremors shaking nan four-story flat building successful a blue-collar vicinity of nan cardinal Anatolian city. Within 10 seconds, Taha, his mother, begetter and younger relative and sister were plunging downward pinch nan building.
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