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Peter Kenyon

A year after Turkey's earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people remain in shelters

A woman stands next to a lamp inside a tent in Antakya, southern Turkey, on Jan. 12. (Khalil Hamra/AP)

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Emine Tanrica survived the powerful earthquake last year that destroyed parts of Turkey and Syria and has been living in a temporary shelter in one of the many camps for displaced people that dot the landscape. She's wondering when she might see the new housing the Turkish government has promised for months.

"Life is not easy here," Tanrica, 47, says. She lived with her family "in big rooms before the earthquake, and afterwards we came to this narrow container, and I am sick," she adds. She explains she went to the hospital earlier in the day with difficulty breathing and a racing heartbeat.

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