Turkey turns to tents and tourist resorts to house quake homeless

A person stands amidst rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kirikhan, Turkey February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ISTANBUL/KAHRAMANMARAS (Reuters) -Turkey is grappling with one of the biggest challenges from the earthquake that flattened a swathe of its towns and cities: how to shelter hundreds of thousands of people left homeless in the middle of winter.

Banks of tents are being erected in stadiums and shattered city centres, and Mediterranean and Aegean summer beach resorts outside the quake zone are opening up hotel rooms for evacuees.