Christian Atsu has been confirmed dead after being found in Turkey quake rubble. Search and rescue workers found Atsu’s body where he was staying at Ronesans Residence. Midfielder Atsu spent four seasons at Chelsea before a permanent transfer to Newcastle in 2017. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the body of former Ghana international Christian Atsu … Read more
Turkey has declared a 3-month emergency in 10 quake areas. Over 3,549 people have been confirmed dead. Mr Erdogan said the state of emergency is to ensure that rescue work can be “carried out quickly” in the country’s south-east. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a three-month state of … Read more
91 hours later, after a massive earthquake rocked Turkey, a 3-year-old girl was pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building. The child was extracted safely, Turkey’s disaster management agency (AFAD) tweeted, from a building in the city of Izmir. Rescue workers cleared the debris around the toddler trapped in a tiny gap yet … Read more