Published February 18,2023
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Osman Enes Basturk, who was born the day of the 1999 earthquake within the Golcuk district in northwestern Kocaeli, was killed in southeastern Gaziantep province when twin quakes hit the area Feb. 6.
His mom Asiye Basturk mentioned she wakened with a jolt at evening and pushed her husband towards the wall however as she tried to go to her youngsters, the wall fell on her.
Her eldest son Osman Enes and brother Emirhan have been sleeping in the identical room when the 7.7-magnitude quake hit, centered within the Kahramanmaras province.
“My son Osman Enes was born in Gaziantep during the Golcuk earthquake that occurred in 1999. He died in the earthquake in Nurdagi in 2023,” she mentioned, referring to the Gaziantep district the place the household lives.
“He was brave and like a mountain,” she mentioned.
“I said Osman Enes is strong, he will save his brother. My son shielded himself from his brother, but he could not save himself. He put his hand on his shoulder. My younger son came out from under the rubble,” mentioned Basturk.
“But he could not come out,” she mentioned, including that Osman Enes was within the hospital the evening of the 1999 quake.
“He was born during that earthquake and he died in this earthquake. My heart is burning,” she mentioned.
Emirhan, who was injured within the earthquake, mentioned he slept in the identical room together with his brother the evening of the earthquake.
He mentioned he was very afraid on the time of the tremor, describing the terrifying moments.
“When the earthquake struck, we hugged each other. At that time, I fainted for a couple of minutes. I heard the sound of the building collapsing. The building collapsed completely. My brother was lying near me, lifeless,” he mentioned.
“My father’s voice was coming from outside while my mother’s voice was from the inside. I called my mother, she answered me. My mother asked me how my brother was doing and I said there was no sound coming from him,” he mentioned.
The household moved into the home three days earlier than the quake struck.
“We went on Friday. We furnished the house on Saturday and Sunday, so we got tired. I got up to pray at around 3 a.m. on the night of the earthquake. Then the earthquake happened,” mentioned their father, Mehmet Basturk.
“The building suddenly collapsed. I went out by my own means. I was cold. A driver came, I bought his coat. Then relatives came, we rescued my wife and little son. If they had not come, my family would have died,” he mentioned.
The Ministry of Health introduced that 4,627 infants have been born within the earthquake zone because the quakes hit.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
