Barber who lost family in Turkey quake calls for safer buildings

A man stands near a destroyed building in Iskenderun town, southern Turkiye, where Calar is originally from. Photo: Hussein Malla/AP

A barber in Northern Ireland who has lost at least five family members in the earthquake in Turkiye has urged that future houses in vulnerable areas are built to be more safe.

Engin Calar, who runs a barber shop business in Carrickfergus, has lost his brother’s wife and two of their daughters, including a three-year-old girl whose twin survived.