More than 2,300 people have been killed after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. With hundreds injured, the death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers search through rubble in cities and towns across the area.
This devastating and very sad loss of life will of course have huge ramifications for the people who live in the area. However, it is not a region of Turkey where many British tourists venture.
The earthquake hit the south east of Turkey. The sunshine resorts where thousands of Brits holiday every year – many departing from East Midlands Airport – are in the south west, hundreds of miles away from the epicentre of the quake.
