Recep Sehitoglu vividly remembers people in shock pouring onto streets right after tremors in Gaziantep province.

A Turkish academic caught up in the Feb. 6 earthquakes with his family in Türkiye’s southern Gaziantep province has recalled the devastating moments of the disaster in which nearly 49,000 people were killed across 11 provinces.

“I felt the earthquake first. My wife was asleep and I didn’t want to wake her up thinking that the earthquake would stop,” said Dr. Recep Sehitoglu, who teaches at the Gaziantep University.

He said his wife, Gulser Sehitoglu, also witnessed the 7.4 magnitude 1999 earthquake in Bolu province, and was already traumatized due to the disaster.

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