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Three weeks after massive earthquakes and aftershocks hit southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, the extent of the damage is still being tallied.<\/p>\n

More than 47,000 people are reported dead. The cost of rebuilding is currently estimated at about $84 billion.<\/p>\n

The first earthquake hit about 4 a.m. and registered a 7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale, the largest quake in Turkey since 1939. Nine hours later, an aftershock of 7.5 struck. Adding to the misery, on Feb. 20, the region was hit by another earthquake of 6.3 magnitude.<\/p>\n

In all, more than 1,600 smaller aftershocks have been recorded in the region.<\/p>\n

In the Hatay province, the southernmost region of Turkey, more than 9,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed. In Antakya, the capital of the province, 80 percent of the buildings may need to be demolished due to structural damage.<\/p>\n

Civil war has been raging for more than a decade in the region of Syria most damaged by the quakes. The city of Aleppo already had buildings in danger of collapse from bombardments and street-to-street battles. The region also was dealing with food shortages and economic chaos, situations exacerbated by the earthquakes.<\/p>\n

A professor and student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga are among those from Turkey who have worried for family and friends and have been concerned for the future of their country since Feb. 6.<\/p>\n

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In the first nights after the earthquakes, Dr. Erkan Kaplanoglu lay awake, the fate of his family and friends running through his head.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Erkan Kaplanoglu<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe first three days were way hard. I couldn\u2019t sleep. I wanted to sleep. I\u2019d lay down, then I\u2019d remember their faces,\u201d said Kaplanoglu, associate professor of engineering management and technology and known as Dr. K to his students.<\/p>\n

His immediate family is unharmed, but he lost five cousins and two friends, said Kaplanoglu, a prosthetics manufacturing expert who came to UTC three years ago.<\/p>\n

He said that one of his friends was a teacher who moved to southeastern Turkey before the earthquakes to teach Syrian refugees fleeing from that long-running country\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n

Like many, Kaplanoglu immediately tried to reach his family and friends after the earthquakes. Like most, he couldn\u2019t get through because the phone system was wrecked.<\/p>\n

He said Internet connections still worked in some places, including the Turkish capital of Istanbul, so he played internet dominoes. A friend in Istanbul would give him information on areas that desperately needed help. Kaplanoglu then would contact friends who could provide humanitarian aid and physicians who could offer medical care to tell them where they were needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to make a connection between cities,\u201d Kaplanoglu said.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also trying to make connections with companies that manufacture prosthetic devices, both in the United States and Europe. Through emails and phone calls, he\u2019s asking them to donate devices to victims of the earthquakes.<\/p>\n

He hopes to travel to Turkey soon to get the prosthetics to those who need them and work with physicians who treat those victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to help the others,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to help the survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Dogu

Dogu Sahin, a graduate student from Ankara, Turkey, is pursuing a master\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering at UTC. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dogu Sahin was playing the \u201cCounter-Strike\u201d video game on his computer when the earthquake hit.<\/p>\n

It was 2011, and he was in his bedroom in Simav, Turkey, located in the western part of the country\u2014about four hours south of Istanbul.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, you heard the sound of the earth movement. It\u2019s the most horrible sound that I\u2019ve ever heard in my life. I never want to hear it again,\u201d he said. \u201cA second later, you feel the shake of the building. Everything was shaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

His experience 12 years ago gave him some insight into the horrors of Feb. 6, said Sahin, who arrived in the United States on Jan. 3 to begin pursuing a master\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering at UTC.<\/p>\n

No one in Sahin\u2019s immediate family was injured on Feb. 6. Most lived in Ankara, the capital located in central Turkey, hundreds of miles north of the earthquake zone, he said. None of his extended family or friends were hurt either, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I know,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

His mechanical engineering program concentration is in computational fluid dynamics, so he\u2019s unsure how he can help rebuild efforts when he returns to Turkey for summer break.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the situation will be like in the summer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Right now, trying to find food and shelter are overriding concerns for those who lived through the earthquake. Still, Sahin said they may make another discovery after life returns to whatever state of normal is possible.<\/p>\n

During the 2011 earthquake in Simav, Sahin\u2019s apartment was among many damaged buildings that had to be torn down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe buildings that you used to see, that you used to pass by every day, are gone,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a high school field where I used to play with my friends, and now it\u2019s not there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost the past.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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