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Dorian Jones

Latest tremor heaps misery on Turkish region reeling from earlier earthquake

Rescue workers search for victims after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Hatay province in southern Turkey two weeks after the region was devastated by a 7.8-magnitude quake. AFP - SAMEER AL-DOUMY

Turkey continues to struggle in the wake of deadly earthquakes, with nearly 50,000 dead and millions homeless in the worst humanitarian crisis in the hundred-year history of the Turkish Republic. The crisis is now threatening to become a political one for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the latest collapsed building as Turkey's earthquake-hit Anatolia region was struck by another powerful tremor that was felt as far away as Egypt. For the quake survivors, there seems no end to this nightmare.

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