Turkish athlete Emine Hatun Mechaal was in tears at the European Indoor Championships as she reflected on the harrowing earthquakes which claimed the lives of 50 of her family members and friends.
Almost a month ago the cities of Antakya, Sanliurfa and Aleppo were left devastated by not one but two earthquakes, which left more than 50,000 people dead across both southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. Many more were left injured and without a home after the disaster.
Mechaal was at a training camp in Spain preparing for the World Indoor Athletics Championships at the time of the disaster, and after receiving a phone call from her brother, her world came crashing down.
